Hi Realists,

We don't all live in the moment and a lot of us take what we have for granted... but why? Because we can? What if you were told that's just not a good enough answer? What would you say? What if the person asking had just lost someone they loved? Or what if this person had barely anything to live off? Would your answer change then?

I may be overwhelming you with all these questions but what if you were the person asking... and you just lost someone or had no personal belongings, nothing... and someone simply answered your question with "because I can." How would you feel?

You see, all these things we have, we take for granted, and yet we continue to ask for more, not even considering how much we already have, kids throw tantrums when they don't get their way, or when they don't get that toy they wanted; in reality teens and adults aren't much better.

For example, you just got into a fight with your brother or sister and mean words were thrown and you guys were completely pissed off at each other, what if that sibling of yours dies the next day from being hit by a car, while you were too busy being pissed at them from your fight the day before. You get a call from your mum or dad telling you that your sibling is dead... you rush to the hospital they are at, you run to the room they are in and all you see is the doctors pulling a cloth over your brother's/sister's head, the last thing you see of them is ghostly pale skin with cuts and grazed dispersed across their face, with absolutely no life in it and a thin line of blood that has trickled down their forehead... How do you feel?
Do you regret fighting? At all?
That's the feeling I'm talking about, that realisation that you have taken people for granted... people that you love.

Another example is to look at everything you have in the room your are in, whether it's a bedroom, living room, family room, bathroom (I don't know...). Do you have a roof over your head? Do you have a floor? Do you have something to sleep on? Yes? There are some people out there that have none of that, there are some people out there that have no clothes to wear, they have to sleep on the ground in the pouring rain and you complain that you want more than you already have? People complain all day, and sometimes it's hard to recognise because it's just a habit but honestly, the majority of people in the world take things for granted, a lot of people have so much and yet complain that they want more? Why? I don't understand? I'm sure I do too, but I know that's something I have to work on and I think we all do.

We have so much and you never know when it'll be gone, it can be taken away from you in an instant. So hold on to what you can because nothing lasts forever or in the terms of The Rolling Stones "you can't always get what you want, you get what you need."

From,
The Realist

I wanted to dedicate this post to Cory Monteith, you are missed dearly.
R.I.P Cory Monteith