A sample of things I formerly took for granted but can no longer do: whitewater river rafting, skydiving, skating, bowling, playing pool, throwing darts, motorcycling, driving an automobile, dancing (OK, I was never a very good dancer), running, walking, standing in one place, at 6“2”, hovering over most people in a crowd (now in a wheelchair at 4’whatever”), hugging my girlfriend tight and taking her feet off the ground, doing darn near anything with my right hand/arm with the left gettting progressively worse, strength, energy, opening a bottle of wine {hell…opening anything including a door knob), inserting and turning a key, being able to write legibly, being able to type with more than one finger, being able to help clean the house and work in the garden, an incredibly challenging and rewarding career, to name just a few.
Things I might have or did take for granted, but no longer do so because I’m losing these too: coughing, swallowing, breathing, living.
My recommendation to you: don’t take fucking anything for granted and never, ever stop counting your blessings.