I believe that we must learn to value and cherish each moment & everything that we have today because the past can never be altered and we may never be able to enjoy it in the future. We usually tend to take people or things for granted. Just to give an eg: Yesterday, my room landline rang aloud like a barking dog at a time when we were enjoying a quite nap after lunch. It was my roommate’s sister who had called. He lifted the receiver and within seconds put it down. On enquiry, he said, “Anyway, it was my sis, I asked her to call me later”. I casually told him, “Hope it was nothing important”. This statement of mine threw open the doors of his brain and he called back. It was only then did he realize that she wanted to discuss some important issue with him which she couldn’t share even with her parents. This small incident made me travel back in time and see if I had committed such mistakes. By God’s grace, I hadn’t. However, I pondered more and found myself asking this question, “Why do we take people or things for granted. Is it becoz that person/thing is easily available?? But then what is the guarantee about future???” eg this fellow went on to share with me the conversation he had with his sister. Conversation as follows:
Bro: Sorry Sis, I hadn’t known why u had called.
Sis: Its ok, I understand. But dear bro, remember one thing. Today, I might be able to share everything with u. What is the guarantee about tomorrow?
Bro: What do u mean? Why r u saying so?
Sis (with tears in her eyes): Tomorrow, once I am married and leave the house, I cannot say that I would be as accessible to u as I am today.
My friend went on to tell me that the fact of life had struck him hard on his face.
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