... and i am sitting in front of my laptop, thinking of something worthy to blog about. but nothing comes to mind. so, i suppose it'll be another crapping post. where i just type whatever comes to mind. and i guess the first thing that appeared was "did i take any of my very good friends for granted recently?"
dictionary.com : "take for granted" = to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner
not suprisingly, the answer is yes! unfortunately, i think i did. treat in a careless manner. but what goes around comes around. so, yea, retribution!
anyways, the question is... why does it happen? why do we take ppl for granted? i suppose the most common victims are family members. because they can't not be family members anymore? but that is not true. divorce. disown. death?.
second in the list is probably very good friends. the ones whom you know you can count on. the ones who will never let you down. i guess in a way these friends have been able to provide a sense of security? like they will never ever leave? like they will be just a phone call away. any time, any day. these are the ones who will drop everything and come to your rescue when you are in dire straits. they are also the ones who really like to see you. really enjoy your company. really appreciate your friendship. and these are the ones treated carelessly??? gosh. will not let that happen.
third in the list, i guess, will be people who you think like you?! i suppose if they like you, they tend to tolerate a whole lot of shit? but they can change. they can don't like you. it's totally possible.
isn't it ironic how sometimes, we spend a lot of time on things we know we think are important. and by the time we realise those things are not important, and how little time we spend on things that really matter, we lose those things that really matter.
4 comments:
Write about your life... about things that you would like to remember, things that you want to tell yourself 5 years down the road, and about events that mean something to you.
For me I am writing for myself rather than the people who read my blog.
As for taking people for granted, it's a common problem. It happens to the best of us. Important thing is to pause and show appreciation to those around us from time to time.
My Dear PC, you've been spending ages pondering about this subject, almost every entry recently is somewhat related to this.
I agree with Hobbes, 'taking ppl for granted' is a common problem. We try not to let it happen, sometimes we can't, sometimes it happens to us...
But, you should just enjoy in its natural beauty, the friendship, the bickering, the fun, the shit -
If you do realise you take things for granted, then great, stop and pay attention and do something about it.
Some friends get away with it, because we as the 'other' frens, just know that he/she is just like that and we forgive him/her for it.
Anyways, enjoy what you have now, you have great friends and you are a great friend to others.
Hear hear . agree with hobbes ( though i dun knwo who he is). tink purpose of a blog is to write FOR yourself... instead of with your readers in mind. cheers
Wise words Hobbes....
JC
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