What is the purpose of the line “we realize something’s worth after we have lost it”.
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Today, I lost something especially important to me, that I did not cherish until the clock struck midnight.
It was my prime time of being a teenager.
As the realization that I'm twenty years old now, morphing into an adult, dawns upon me, I lament not treasuring my precious teenage years better. I don't feel like I've matured much, to be honest, through these years.
In Singapore, a cut-throat competitive society, I have spent my precious youth slogging through homework, endless tutorials, boring lectures, gossiping with friends, and enlistment into the army…but I don't feel like I've done anything that meaningful, that memorable.
We keep telling ourselves to cherish things that we hold dear to us, for we know we will regret it when it's lost. We keep telling ourselves not to take things for granted. But, our stubborn selves, will never truly understand the value of something until we are actually devoid of it. No amount of preparation can ready us for the loss, for we always think we have sufficient time left, until it’s too late.
If I had told you the exact date and time your parents will pass away (touch wood), perhaps you would have made better use of the time beforehand to truly and genuinely spend quality time with them, showering them with heartfelt thanks and gratitude. You'll hold onto their hands dearly till the last minute, continuing to reminisce the dear times you had even at their deathbed. Even after they pass on, you'll still be in denial nonetheless, for the true shock will only arrive when you actually lose something.
But you'd have been more mentally prepared. Imagine if I hadn't told you when they'd pass on. Imagine I just let you live in constant flux, not knowing when your parents will leave this earth. You wouldn't spend every minute of your time by their side, right? After all, we are all busy creatures - we want to devote our time to where it truly matters most. Hence, we don't spend enough time with them until it's too late.
It's not cliche to say “Live everyday as if it's your last.” Incorporating that into daily life, treat everything and everyone by your side as if it's the last time you'll be meeting them. Buy breakfast for your mum, get that small token of appreciation for your friend, and write a heartfelt card to your partner.
A self-help book I read gave some good advice. Prioritize family and friends over work. When your family wants you to have dinner together that night, or your friends want to talk to you about a personal problem, pause your work and talk to them. Never pause your friends or family. No matter how busy you are, you must always allocate time for the people you care. It's not easy, for we live in a society where busyness is seen as a virtue. But endless credentials and accomplishments will go unseen when the people we really want to share them with disappear from our lives, forever.
So don't make the same mistake as I did. Spend your time meaningfully, and don't be too comfortable in security. As Murphy’s law goes, anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Cherish your time, and the people you hold dear, well.
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- because losting a object or etc we dont have that thing and we realize