Saint-Exupéry writes how the Little Prince and he travel through the desert looking for water. After a long and exhausting search, they find a well.
“Listen,” said the little Prince, “we awake this well and it sings. . . .”
I lifted the bucket to his lips. He drank, with eyes closed. It was sweet like a party. This water was something more than food. It was borne of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of my arms. It was good for the heart, as a gift. . . .
“Men in your planet,” said the little Prince, “cultivate 5000 roses in the same garden and they do not find what they are looking for . . . But the eyes are blind. They must look for it with the heart.”
Note: How much we take for granted as if we are entitled to it. Take, for example, the gift of the night sky. How often do we look up to the night sky and gaze at the stars with a sense of wonder and a grateful heart? How often do we contemplate the person we are in love with and are filled with an overwhelming sense of gratitude for this person who unconditionally loves us? When we discard our sense of entitlement and begin to look at everything as a gift we are filled with awe and our heart overflows with gratitude.