Things For Granted

Big yellow taxi is a song referencing people taking things for granted, “You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone”. For example, believing that our mere existence is forever and death awaits only the old is taking for granted our health. Young or old, death can come at any time. A second example is relationships. This can be a family relationship or one with the immediate nuclear family. Often times we get caught up with day to day that we go without talking and once more take for granted that we have all the time in the world to see each other. Another example with regards to a relationship is being in a relationship people and becoming too comfortable. If the relationship falls apart, heartbreak sets in and people realize time was taken for granted. People often take for granted all the blessings they have in their life. If we stopped for a moment and observed around us, there are endless things we’re fortunate to have that others do not. For example, having a home versus being homeless. Purchasing material things with money that can be used to pay bills. Instead, we take for granted that the next check will cover but in fact it doesn’t. Eating out versus staying at home to eat with family is another good example of taking things for granted. Growing up in a first-world …show more content…
“From the age of dinosaurs”, dinosaurs and cars are referred to as “fossil fuels.” Our planet is precious and full of resources. Our world’s resources are being used at an alarming rate; yet soon than later soon there may be a shortage of resources. Leaving us to fight for what we took for granted to begin with. As humans we’re never satisfied. Our selfishness and dissatisfaction reminds me of a quote. “Here we stand like an Adam and an Eve”, which refers to the Garden of Eden that offers us everything. We are selfish and materialistic that we should not allow ourselves to go back to the days of Garden of