Susie TaaffeChief of Staff, RAMMP · Chief of Staff & Strategic Operator | AI-First | RAMMP | Building What Doesn’t Exist Yet

When your car won't start - you realize that a car that works deserves a lot of gratitude!

20 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this spoken monologue, the speaker recounts a recent incident where their aging car suddenly refused to start. After a moment of panic, they discover the problem is a dead battery, which is eventually repaired despite logistical challenges because the car’s usual service location is far away. The experience triggers a deeper reflection on how easily we take reliable, everyday tools—like a functioning car—for granted, and the speaker emphasizes the importance of feeling gratitude for such small, often unnoticed conveniences.

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Like even for example, my car, which the car I have at the moment, it's a bit of a, it's old. So it's like a, anyway, it's old, but it works until it stopped working the other days. Like it was like I went to turn it on and you're going about your day and oh my God, the car, like it wouldn't start. It sort of thought about it. And then I was like, oh my God, I can't not have a car that works. So like that thought of like, oh my God, what if my car doesn't work? Then what? Like, what's the next steps from that? It ended up being a battery problem. It ended up being able to be fixed. It was fine. But it's the— I was like, if I don't have this car, and there was a lot of logistics involved because where I got it from is not near here. So, but the car wasn't— I couldn't drive it to where it was to get it fixed. So actually even having them allow me to get it fixed where I am Like the gratitude in that. Because like, I know I'm rambling, but do you see my point? Like the gratitude that your car works, the gratitude that it does start. It's these little things that, um, we're not noticing because we, we've sort of pushed them to the side as unimportant, but