Importance Of Being Taken For Granted

Sometimes in life, we take a moment, or a place, or even just a person for granted. But we need to learn how to embrace every experience fully and completely. Each day, then, is a journey in discovering the value of the things we take for granted. These experiences teach us how we ought to live in the future. However, we tend to realize this when it is too late, because not everything in life lasts forever. No matter how much time has passed, these things that were taken for granted will still affect us in our daily lives.

This is the story of four people who have taken a moment, or a place, or even a just a person for granted. Each of these people realized this when it was too late. In this collections of stories, some people might have another opportunity to make up for what they have taken for granted. However, some people will never be given that chance in life again. Whether or not you have taken anything in life for granted, memories are forever. It is these memories you can take out and unfold in your darkest or happiest times to see if you still recognize the person you see there. Because a memory can take you back instantly to that very moment, or place, or even that person, no matter what else has changed, that one memory will always stay the same. It will be waiting for you every time. …show more content…
I felt that I had to recollect each person’s past with accuracy to reflect their preserved memory in a way that shows the reader why the memories were so important to them. This challenge left me spending a lot of time on editing and revising. The restriction of five hundred words also made it difficult, because I wanted to refine every word to capture the full meaning of the