I like experiences where I think about all the steps and resources and people it took to get a bag of Quest Nacho Cheese Protein Chips in front of me right now. These supply chain reveries give me a deepened appreciation for the power of human specialization, a sobering glimpse of the precarious world of natural resources we’re perched on top of, and the staggering amount of human work that has gone into the millions of hand-made things that surround us. 

This is more a thought exercise than a meditation, but it always makes me feel appreciative and connected.