Taking Things for Granted

The expression goes something like this: "Don't take for granted what you have because there is always someone else that would love to be where you're at."  I certainly didn't come up with the quote/concept and I'm not even entirely sure who did.  What I can definitely say is that it is true.  You never know when something or someone could be taken from you.

Don't take your family for granted.  Do they drive you crazy?  Maybe sometimes they do.  Do they nose into your business?  Maybe sometimes they do.  The fact is that family (whether biological or otherwise as I've previously said) loves you and wants you to succeed.  They aren't there to sugar coat advice to you.  Even if they make you mad, make it a priority to be there and listen.  It doesn't mean you have to take their advice but know that they can be taken from you at any time and their importance to your life would leave you feeling regret more serious than you can imagine.

Don't take your home or anything else for granted.  In the blink of an eye, money can be gone and you are left wondering what the heck you're supposed to do.  Don't take that security for granted.  Help where you can help.  Save where you can save.  But know that God (or the Universe if that is your belief) can sometimes take things in order to teach you humility.  Don't take it for granted.

Don't take your health for granted.  The number of terminally ill patients that say, "I wish I'd have known..." is ridiculously high.  It's easy to take your health for granted and complain about your aches and pains.  Meanwhile a transplant patient is just wishing they could recover enough to go home.  A cancer patient is having to say goodbye to their children. Your health is a gift.

I guess what I'm saying is that your problems and issues are no less important because they're smaller but you are still blessed.  Everyone has their own life experiences and your problems are still problems.  Just attempt (and, believe me, it's hard for me too) to look at the big picture and realize that in the midst of all that is happening, you are blessed.