New Directions

You don't know what you have until it's gone. This is an old saying that I believe to be true. I have witnessed the actions of this saying time and time again. Now this saying does not just apply to lovers. This saying applies to all people and things. It is an expression to emphasize on the fact that, we as humans are ungrateful. People take most things for granted, and they always want something better. I personally know someone who perfectly fits this description, I will call him Mike. Mike is never happy with his life. Mike has a wonderful, beautiful, hard working wife and son who wants to be just like him. Mike goes from profession to profession, never finding his true calling. He buys big expensive items that only make him smile for a few days. Mike is always complaining about how nothing goes his way, he is so unappreciated, his wife's efforts to make him happy are never good enough and he doesn't own anything nice. Mike needs to open his eyes and take a good look around, because he has so many wonderful people and things in his life, and he is missing out on all of it. I fear that by the time Mike realizes all of the people and things he has, they will all be gone and it will be to late.