Endless Eight and the original series deal with Haruhi's issues with the world being so ordinary - it can't be uncommon for some of us to feel the same as her, surely?

I think it's wonderful for something like an Anime to be enlightening on something that's often difficult to chew on - reasons for living in an ordinary world.

Even though in our reality, nothing as extraordinary as what happens in Kyon's life happens to us, I think the author tries to show that the moments he appreciates are from emotions not too different from those wee can feel.. and it's all just for those times where wee feel slightly extraordinary, those somewhat special moments wee have, that make it all worth it. That, in itself, is surely a truly wonderful thing. This way it makes me think that life is worth living because it's an opportunity to reach for those things - and that seems to be just enough reason to keep going. To chase the dream of something out of the ordinary.