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Do we have to wait to appreciate what we have when its gone?

We are in a world where people are too busy being worried about all the wrong things that they do not appreciate how great are the things they possess. The perks of being humans.
Just recently, Super typhoon Yolanda had hit the Philippines. Weeks prior to that incident, an earthquake had struck the country. For a couple of days, Filipinos had experienced the traditional way of living that our ancestors had gone through. No electricity, food, warm water or safe shelter for them to dwell. This only shows that our basic necessities can be taken away from us anytime.
Its also a “reality check” for us. It showed us that we are not that indestructible and that we are ought to appreciate what we have in the Philippines. Though we do not have the luxuries comparable to other countries but we do have the comforts a country has to offer.
Aside from the basic necessities, we must also appreciate life itself. The air we breathe, the sun shinning bright, our loving family, our friends or even our not so full pockets. We only get one glimpse of life. We cannot do something and push the rewind button whenever we like. Once life gives you the “time out” button, then its the end. Nothing is forever. 
We have to know and understand that we do not have forever to do everything. We must not take things for granted. That waiting until after it’s gone is not the time to sit and wish you would have done more when you had the opportunity to do so. Most of the time we take our lives and all that we treasure for granted, and don’t really know its true worth until it’s not around.

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The problem with us is that we always think everything lasts forever, we always have all the time in the world. We do not have reality checks as the one given by the earthquakes and typhoon Yolanda. We feel no qualm to make an effort to cherish things when its there but we do use tremendous efforts and express a lot of regrets when its gone. Do we have to wait to appreciate what we have when its gone?

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