Don’t take it for GRANTED!
So many things in our life, we take it forgranted till the time we realise how important it is. I came to this
realisation when I took my health for granted and it hit me back at the wrong
time. Result – I am missing the thing I love the most. So while sitting at home
doing nothing and missing on big fun, I saw that so many of us do this. We take
things for granted, we take people for granted, we take their emotions for
granted and what not.
In our journey called life, we have started
talking it lightly and made it complicated. When we can’t solve these complications
created by us, we think of ending it. I have heard of cases where people have
taken their life for granted and ended it because of something or someone. A happy
going guy suddenly jumps from his room on 11th floor; a struggling
actress ends her life by hanging herself. I try and try but fail to understand,
how one can take their life for granted and decides to end it? Do they think of
consequences, do they think of how it will affect others who love them, do they
compare their life to the life of a person who struggles daily to earn minimum
of Rs. 10? Answer is obviously no, because of our habit of taking everything
for granted.
talking it lightly and made it complicated. When we can’t solve these complications
created by us, we think of ending it. I have heard of cases where people have
taken their life for granted and ended it because of something or someone. A happy
going guy suddenly jumps from his room on 11th floor; a struggling
actress ends her life by hanging herself. I try and try but fail to understand,
how one can take their life for granted and decides to end it? Do they think of
consequences, do they think of how it will affect others who love them, do they
compare their life to the life of a person who struggles daily to earn minimum
of Rs. 10? Answer is obviously no, because of our habit of taking everything
for granted.
We don’t think that what will happen if we keep
on living like this. We don’t realise that this way of life is a way to destroy
not ours but others life too. Keeping suicidal cases aside, in our daily life
also we take many things for granted. We eat junk food and outside food
thinking that nothing will happen to our stomach; we take our office stress
home thinking that it won’t affect others around me; we bitch about colleague
thinking no one will know what was spoken; we don’t value emotions of our
partner thinking that they will never leave us. The list is endless and that’s
what we do, our list of taking things granted is never ending. But as they say,
what goes around comes around. The day will come where your stomach will say no
more; people around you say keep your stress with you; colleague will stop
helping or talking to you; partners will leave you; friendship will breakaway. Only
consequences of your actions will stay with you and it will leave you with
regret.
on living like this. We don’t realise that this way of life is a way to destroy
not ours but others life too. Keeping suicidal cases aside, in our daily life
also we take many things for granted. We eat junk food and outside food
thinking that nothing will happen to our stomach; we take our office stress
home thinking that it won’t affect others around me; we bitch about colleague
thinking no one will know what was spoken; we don’t value emotions of our
partner thinking that they will never leave us. The list is endless and that’s
what we do, our list of taking things granted is never ending. But as they say,
what goes around comes around. The day will come where your stomach will say no
more; people around you say keep your stress with you; colleague will stop
helping or talking to you; partners will leave you; friendship will breakaway. Only
consequences of your actions will stay with you and it will leave you with
regret.
I remember a line from a movie, which goes
like this “We love people and use things but now we love things and use people.”
This statement is true in many ways. Many of us have gone through different
things in life where either we used people or people used us. He/she can be friend,
relative or loved ones. To earn more money, we played with people; to get
promotion in office, we used people; to do what we want, we hurt people who
love us. All these, money, promotion, want are things which make us go crazy
and do things we might not have thought of doing it.
like this “We love people and use things but now we love things and use people.”
This statement is true in many ways. Many of us have gone through different
things in life where either we used people or people used us. He/she can be friend,
relative or loved ones. To earn more money, we played with people; to get
promotion in office, we used people; to do what we want, we hurt people who
love us. All these, money, promotion, want are things which make us go crazy
and do things we might not have thought of doing it.
As it is said, there is no right or wrong,
there are only consequences. We can take things for granted or ill-treated but those
things will haunt you down and make you pay. Consequences of each of your
actions will be faced by you and no one else.
there are only consequences. We can take things for granted or ill-treated but those
things will haunt you down and make you pay. Consequences of each of your
actions will be faced by you and no one else.
Start respecting
life and people. Don’t waste time in past or on things which are not in your
hand. All you have is present which can either brighten you future or make
happy present. Life is precious and moments are gem; time to start treating
them like one.
life and people. Don’t waste time in past or on things which are not in your
hand. All you have is present which can either brighten you future or make
happy present. Life is precious and moments are gem; time to start treating
them like one.
