APPRECIATE

What a world we live in. A world filled with adventures, misfortunes, joy and sadness. It all happens whenever it wants to and nothing we do or say can stop it from happening if it's meant to happen. It is all part of life. There's so much beauty in this life. This world is truly infinite. 

Let's consider the beauty of meeting new people and appreciating people around us. This is something I feel is important to talk about because our world lacks regarding appreciating people around us. When we live we always meet new people each with their own character. Some of them are angels, and some are demons. But my focus is on the angels, as I wouldn't advice that you keep demons around you. We meet people and sometimes we fall in love. Sometimes we become friends. But often we forget the importance of the person until they are gone. We never stop to appreciate the person until it's too late.

What usually happens is that when we meet good people, we often take them for granted and assume they will always be like that. We think to ourselves, "he/she will never forsake me" or "he/she will always love me". While it may be true that a person may always love you, it is foolish to assume that such a person can never leave. With most of these assumptions, we end up taking advantage of the person. We use their kindness and love against them. Each time we are the ones always being forgiven for something. We are the ones always being assisted. We develop a feeling of being untouchable and start thinking it's because we are smart. Slowly with time we end up thinking we can get away with anything. Instead of appreciating and doing good in return, we just use the other person for our own satisfaction. The other person sacrifices all, but we choose to carry on doing as we please. Sometimes we spend our time trying to please those who do not even notice us or care about us, while mistreating the one person who would walk a thousand miles for us. 

Unfortunately, most times this doesn't end very well. Something is bound to go wrong that will expose everything that has been happening. And usually this happens around the time when we need the person most. When need all the sacrifice that person has been doing. But by then it is too late, and the person is tired of forgiving or sacrificing everything. It is a point where the person has realised they were being taken advantage of and it is time to walk away. At that stage, we often look back in regret and wish we could take back our action. But we had all the time to change and didn't change. We had all the time to do what's right, but we chose to be 'smart'. In the end there's no one to blame but us.

Never take advantage of a person because you never know when you will need them most. Always remind them of how much you appreciate them and be kind to them. 

WITH LOVE...

Mbuelo Ramafamba