Why are humans as such? We don't realize the value and importance of things, environment and people around us until we are on the verge of losing them or worst, have lost them.
We spare but a moment to thank our lucky stars when we gain a new friend, a possession, a new career progression, etc... Yet all too soon, we forget our initial euphoria and allow events and happenings to overcome and discontentment to take place.
We set our sights on what we think is bigger, better, more expensive, more prestigious...all the while taking for granted what is already ours...
We start to make comparisons of what life has dealt out to us, while hankering after possessions that others possess...believing that achievement of all those things will make us more successful and a happier person...
But when is enough, enough? Just like buying a new mobile phone... the excitment and thrill in owning the latest gadget lasts but a few days...but for the most of us... it takes us many more days to work and to recover the cost of getting the phone... then all too soon...the next mobile A&P wave sweeps over us and we are left once again lusting over the NOW latest gadget...
As we pick our once novel toy up... its former glory and exhilaration is fully and truly gone... try as we might... the initial sensation of owning the phone and holding it in our hands is forgotten and gone...
Why are we such fickle creatures... even in the matters of the heart... the same vicious cycle applies... we fall in love with someone...be it for chemistry or particular attraction... we get together... we get used to each other...we take things for granted...things and life fall into a pattern and soon we are tearing our hair out wondering why our partners aren't as ideal as they should be and then discontentment and comparisons set in... and for the some of us... that's the signal to look out for the next better player... we seek in search of happiness...yet we fail to realize that we are already happy.
Only when our partners are shaken and disappointed and the risk of losing them for good becomes a reality.... that's when the truth sets in, jolting us out of our fantasy realm...
Only then do we regret our actions.. crossing and double-crossing our fingers and toes... hoping that things aren't too late and can still be salvage... hoping beyond hope that our partners may forgive us...perhaps yes and perhaps no... but why do we even want to venture towards this direction?
Stupidity, pure human stupidity... learning to cherish only when loss is in our face...
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