You don’t know what you have until it’s gone.

But the truth is you did know what you had. You just took advantage of it or never thought you would lose it.

Often times we take for granted what all we have. We take advantage of the car we have that we are able to drive and take around town. We only see the annoying fact that we have to spend money to fill it up, only to deplete the gas and have to refill it time after time.

We take advantage of the food placed on our table at every meal. We only see the fact that maybe the restaurant messed up our order and now have caused us to be irritated the rest of the meal.

We take advantage of the education we have. We only see the fact it takes time out of our day to have to study or do homework, when you could be out having fun or even sleeping.

We take advantage of the people in our lives and the relationships we have formed. We often times will catch ourselves only reaching out to them when it’s convenient for us, or ditching them for an opportunity that seems better at the time because you know they will still be there for you tomorrow.

But what if one day that was all gone? Everything we take advantage of, daily.

What if you lost it all? The car, the food, your education, all your relationships.

How would you make it through the day?

It’s not that we don’t realize what we have until it’s gone. It is the fact we take advantage of it until it’s too late. We never pictured ourselves losing what we have. And by the time we realize, it can sometimes be too late.

Don’t let this happen to you.

Often times as humans, we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of life. We do things in the moment that we don’t think about. We treat people more like objects than actual humans. We don’t realize that everything we do, affects someone. Whether you know it or not, it does.

That movie date you had planned with your mom that you cancelled because your friends wanted to go shopping, affects someone. Don’t take advantage of the fact you know there will be plenty of other movie dates you can have with her. Because you just don’t know.

The waiter at the restaurant that you spoke rudely to because they seemed distracted and you were dissatisfied, affects someone. Don’t take advantage of the fact they are waiting on you and doing you a service. Because you don’t know their story. They could be going through their own battles with their own life.

The plans you had with their best friend that you bailed on last minute because something better seemed to come up, affects someone. Don’t take advantage of the fact they will always be up for doing something because one day it may be too late. You can only go through so many let downs before you give up.

Don’t realize too late what all you have. Don’t take advantage of people in your life. We all are human and will fall short at times, I get it. But don’t let your daily blessings and relationships get put on the back burner for things that seem more important and valuable at the time. Because one day you may lose it all, and then what do you have to get you through?