Enjoy the convenience of modern Living with gratefulness

For those of us who have unconsciously accepted modern living as a given and have been taking things for granted somehow, it might help us appreciate what we have much better if we know that at this point in time, in some villages in some neighbouring countries, people are still using the firewood stove and manual water pump as shown above and life still goes on for them.

In fact, their lives might be less stressful because they need not worry about the monthly water bills or metered gas charges. These are olden day appliances I can humbly claim that I had used before as a boy and that helps me appreciate the convenience of modern living with much gratefulness.