Wanting The Unwanted

As my father drove through those roads where I once rode my bicycle around with my friends (without the knowledge of my parents),memories were rekindled in my mind.After the dinner in my sister's friend's house,my parents were speaking to her parents about how convenient that place was.Everything was around you,clinic,grocery store,hair saloon,restaurants,supermarket and etc. When we left our old house,everything on our minds was about getting away from the simple social problems around our housing area for some place much more peaceful and safe.After more than 6 years in our new house,I feel like returning back to the place where I was brought up as a I child.

A fitting example of how mankind always want the things that they never appreciated at one time.I grew up not knowing the value of the simple luxuries I had by my side.When I was still staying in my old house,I had everything I needed being a young and adventurous boy.The place to wait for public buses was just a 5-minute walk from my house.Now,I have to walk for about half an hour just to wait for public buses which don't come very often.

I also had a bicycle once.I liked riding it around my housing area in the evenings.After some time,I started to ignore the importance of maintaining my bicycle in a proper condition.Soon,the pedals broke and I didn't bother to repair them.I left that bicycle laying like a piece of scrap metal in front of my house.One afternoon,when I returned home from school,I found out that my bicycle had been stolen.At that time,I didn't really mind losing my bicycle because I wasn't using it really often.Now,I feel the need for a bicycle to go for my rounds around the housing area but I'm sure my parents will not buy me another one.

Today,I woke up wondering why do people always like to have the things that they don't have or once had but never appreciated it.I've read stories about people missing their best friends,closest family members and pets once they are gone or no more.I've read their regrets of losing the most important things in their lives and then expressing their feelings through newspaper articles and the internet.

Well,if you are still wondering,I just have to say wake up.Take a look at the simple luxuries around your life.The sister that you hate the most might be the person that you will miss fighting with when you go overseas for studying.Your little pencil case with all your friends' names embedded on it might be the pencil case that you will want once you lose it. When you migrate somewhere far,you might miss your mum stroking your hair as you watch television.

As we live in a world where luxuries partially blind our minds from the realities of life,it's time you wake up and realize that everything around you will not last forever.You will surely lose it at some time in your life.There's no point worrying about that moment when you will lose your most loved ones because we can't really foresee the future.And,our life is too short to be waking up every morning with regrets.So,it's time about time we start appreciating the little wonders that were gifted to us before we part ways.................