Friday, December 09, 2005

things we want and do not have

Humans are strange creatures. Nothing is ever good enough for us.

I only realise the importance of being healthy when I am ill. When im suffering from a splitting headache and wish to crawl into a hole and die...I constantly wonder why didn't i treasure the times when I was well? Yet, when I am healthy, being grateful for being healthy is the last thing on my mind. I just take it for granted.

Similarly, when i was unemployed (for a short stint) and felt like this useless being, I was envious of others who had a job and thought to myself how much I would treasure it if i was working. Yet now that I am gainfully employed, all my thoughts center on when is my next off day.

I sometimes wish I was single but similarly wish that I was attached when Im not.

When I'm stuck in a jam in a car with a cranky driver, I would wish I took the train alone. And yet, when on the MRT and sandwiched between people reeking of BO, I'd tell myself being stuck in a jam in a car is far better.

I believe that our constant dissatisfaction with what we have stems from our lack of appreciation for the things we already possess. If we really sat down and thought about it, we'd realise how much more miserable we would be if we didn't have our house, our car, our friends and all the other little things that make up our life.

I guess it's all just a matter of perspective...sometimes when you have everything, everything just doesn't seem to be quite enough. I guess when that happens, a major readjustment in attitude is then required.

XxX,

audrey at 11:58

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