Somebody woke up at 4 a.m. to start the fire for that lunch. Patience is often invisible to the people enjoying it.

Most of what you enjoy was waited for by somebody else. The hours went in before you arrived and left no trace in the finished thing, which is why gratitude has to be deliberate; nothing in the experience itself tells you what it cost. Comfort is usually built on top of somebody’s early morning.

Ask once this week what went into something you are enjoying, and ask the person who made it rather than guessing. Thank them for the part you did not see. Then take a turn at being the one who got up early for everybody else.