With the month of November finally upon us, that would have to mean that the Thanksgiving holiday is just around the corner. Of course, Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks to your friends, family and everything and everyone you hold dearest. This directly relates to the topic of today's blog: appreciation. Some people lack appreciation for both things and people, and desperately crave things that they don't have and may never have. Instead of appreciating the things they do have such as friends and family that care about them, they complain about things they want rather than need. That being said, there's a blatant difference between wanting something and needing something. Some things that you'll almost always need include food, family, friends, water, and shelter. If you didn't get that new game you wanted for Christmas, is that really going to matter when you have no house to live in after it was destroyed in a natural disaster. Speaking of natural disasters, one just recently hit. Of course, I'm referring to Hurricane Sandy. Living the northeast area, I was affected by it, but thankfully not drastically. Despite being surrounded by trees, nothing ever fell down around my house, which was extremely fortune. However, I did lose electricity for about a day, and I can easily tell you that it wasn't fun. I went without power through Monday night (meaning I was unable to watch Raw that night) into Tuesday evening. It could've been way worse, as many people went without power for an entire week. I wasn't able to do much besides read old documents I had saved around my room, and even that was difficult since I barely had any light to do so. Now that my power has been restored, I'm extremely appreciative of the things I usually take for granted, including my internet, cable and, most importantly, electricity. While you should appreciate your basic necessities, you should also appreciate those around you as well. You know that one person that constantly annoys you but in the end truly cares about you? Well, if you fail to appreciate them, they might move on. As much as they annoyed you, it's quite possible you enjoyed the attention they gave you. Same thing goes for your best friend. The more you treat them like crap, the less you'll appreciate their worth to you. I've lost a handful of friends over the years that I never appreciated until after the friendship had already ceased, and by that point, it's too late. However, I've also gained a number of new friends in recent years as well, whom I appreciate all the time. On that note, be sure to express your appreciation to them, too.
If you appreciate them and they don't know it, how are they going to know unless you say something? I'm not saying you should say "I love you" or "I appreciate you" every five seconds (which I'm sure could lose its meaning after awhile), but at least make an attempt to say something along those lines every once in awhile. It's a nice thing to hear. As they say, you never know what you've got till it's gone. |
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