complacency.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”-G.K. Chesterton

Right now I'm in a place in my life where I feel content with myself and who I am. Although, I have realized how much I take things for granted. Whether its living another day on this earth, always relying on a friend that suddenly walks out of your life, a nice home and food, or just the simple luxary of a cell phone. Psalm 39: 4-5 says "Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each man's life is but a breath." What I have to keep reminding myself is that we are not guaranteed another day on this earth, and daily God blesses us with one more day to serve him. that is something I take for granted.

Another thing I take for granted is friendships, in my mind I just assume that I will always have these people to surround me and love me. But in the blink of an eye, any one of them could be taken away. As humans we grow complacent with people. Its not until they are almost taken away from you, when you realize how much you really need them. In my lifetime, I dont want to take my friends for granted, because as much as some of them bug me, I love them all. Our life is too short to hold middle school grudges and form hateful ideas towards someone. Cause in the end, its not about how many people loved you, or that you were homecoming queen. Once you die all that has been stripped away from you. Some advice I give to myself, dont get cought up in the friendship drama because one day you could lose it all. I want to challenge myself to treasure each one of my friends because they mean the WORLD to me and I dont want to take them for granted.