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You Are Taking Everything In Your Life For Granted

Did you just wake up? Be glad you did.

John Chrysos

Dec 05, 2017

University of Houston

You Are Taking Everything In Your Life For Granted

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Did you just wake up?

Be glad you did. Some people die in their sleep. You are alive and kicking.

Do you have a job?

The International Labor Organization asserts that 5.733% of the world was unemployed in 2016. It was as high as 6.583% in 1999. That doesn't seem like much, considering... but 7.6 billion people inhabit the planet. Let's just not talk about the math. Let's just not.

Did you just get home?

Chances are you either walked, biked or drove home and in either of those cases you could have died. Are the chances slim to none? Yes. Are they impossible odds? You would be foolish to think so.

Do you own pets?

Did you show them love today? They will be gone eventually and when that day comes, you will wish you spent more time with them.

Do you have your health?

Statistics show 151,600 people die every day and you are alive. You are breathing, you are thinking, and you are reading and understanding what I am saying at this exact moment. You are special and you are blessed if you are doing all three things in the previous sentence.

Do you have family?

Call them. Leave them a text. Drop a voice message in their inbox and if it's full, contact them somehow. Anything could happen to your family right now. Anything. It's hard to think about it but you have no control over randomness and senseless acts of terror. I'm sorry but you don't. Face the reality.

Am I here to scare you?

NO.

I am telling you to have faith in God that he will not give you anything you can't handle and until then wake up and be glad you woke up from your sleep, you got home without any disaster because Lord knows society is a disaster and you're alive, breathing and have your health.

You have a job that pays you money, even if sometimes it feels like you work too hard for the paycheck you receive but you work hard anyway, you have an untrained pet that's happy to see you that's probably peed inside if you left him a bowl of water and now you have to clean it up. You have family that cares about you, even if sometimes it's overbearing. Don't take ANYTHING for granted.

Do it for yourself. For your family. For someone, anyone, even one person that cares about you. Please.

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The Best Lines from the Fab Four

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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There have been many lessons learned.

1. The importance of traditions.

2. How to be thankful for family and friends.

3. How to give back.

4. What the word "community" really means.

5. That it isn't about the destination, but the journey.

6. The consequences of making bad choices.

7. To trust people, until you have a reason not to.

8. To be welcoming and accepting of everyone.

9. How to be my own, individual person.

10. How to work for what I want.

11. How to be great at giving directions.

12. How to be humble.

13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

I have never been so thankful to know you.

Dealing with the inevitable realities of college life.

Don't freak out

Email the professor

Attend the first class

Keep attending class

Have a backup plan

Remember that everything works out at the end

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