Writing for 10/22

Date : 10/22

Time starting : 7.18 p.m

Idea I am pursuing : The luckiness of living a normal life.

Time ending :  7.33 p.m

We, members of the modern society, or specifically, I, myself has or have always been taking what we considered as a normal life for granted. There is an old saying that goes as follow : "To be grateful in life, never looked toward the people above you but instead glance at the people living below you. Only then will you realize how lucky you had been". It is in human nature to comprehend only the shining part in everything they see without seeing the hardships nor efforts that had been sacrificed in order to obtain that shine which everyone envies. Often enough, we become envious or jealous toward those who have more than we have but fail see how there are also some people that wished to be living in our shoes, a much more better way of living than they are in at the moment.

Quoting from an all-time renowned footballer, Zinedine Zidane, "I once cried because I had no shoes to play football with my friends, but one day I saw a man who had no feet, and realized how rich I am". Even what we considered to be living normally might have been a life full of luxury toward those who are not as fortunate as we are. It is the same concept as of when we really wanted something new that we never have before, we often goes "Wow, that thing is really a piece of art. I really wanted it, it looks so beautiful!.". However, after we have that thing we yearned for, soon enough we will start tossing it around and be like, "Oh hey, this thing is nothing special to be honest." and before long, we will start to find a new thing to crave upon.

Perhaps it is true on how we will never realize how lucky we are until the moment we lost everything. Taking things for granted is in human nature, sometimes we can never help feeling that way too which I, myself, admit guilty of. That is why we should never be too greedy and whatever happens, always be humble and respectful of others. We never know if we will lose what we already have in pursuit of a much greater life. In fact, we will never know if we will still be living normally by next month or next week or even, when tomorrow dawns. Hence, to be able to live a decent, normal life is probably the luckiest thing anyone can ask for but not many will be grateful nor thankful for such a gift.