They Don’t Know What They Had, Until It’s Gone
by Samantha S. Daviss
This phrase, “You don’t know what you have, until it’s gone” can be interpreted in so many ways. We as humans tend to take life for granted in the fact, they we may become complacent in life, or just satisfied with the knowledge that someone will always be there for them, no matter what.
This can be interpreted for the loss of a loved one; the loss of a pet; the loss of a friend. Typically, anything.
Sometimes we go through life, talking to our friends and family, and the next minute they are gone. More often than not we correlate this to death, or illness. However, it can also be connected to a marriage through infidelity, or abuse. You think that person who stood before you, your friends and family will stay with you no matter what.
Even though they took vows, to promise they would stay with you forever; the human soul can only tolerate so much. After enough ignorance and all other forms of dishonesty, that person will eventual walk away and seek the proper infidelity recovery to help them get through such a tough time.
So, you as the cruel one, can only push that weak beta creature so far, until they lash back and become the alpha to protect, care, and endure life. Death can react the same way. Once you see that person suffering, and slowly disintegrating before your very eyes, the reality of them never being around anymore to take your phone calls, to meet you for lunch, or just to know they are there in your life and in your presence; is extremely difficult and disheartening.
Now, however, on a much lighter note; our community just went through, I guess, what you would call a “blackout”. All cell phones were down for quite a few hours one Friday afternoon. It was one of the happiest days of my life; however, you would have thought the world ceased to exist as you know it.
So many Facebook posts, so many worried people, so much stress. Me, you ask? Personally, I loved it. It took me back to “the good ol’ days” of being off the grid. People not knowing where I am every second of every day, people not being able to reach me every second of every day, and people not expecting me to be able to answer an email or complete a business transaction. The sad part it, we all can virtually run our lives from that little thing that most of us cram in our back pocket.
But with the internet being down, I actually had to pay cash somewhere, and not swipe a card. I actually had to wait to meet someone, when picking up my kids, and not wear them out about where they were or how much long.
It forced me back into a life of patience. It is really amazing how these little things have wound us up of the past couple of decades. So, this quote comes two-fold with technology. 1) We didn’t know how easy we had life with the slower pace, and lack of technology breathing down our neck; & 2) the millenniums don’t know just how dependent they are on these things. They don’t know how to function or exist without them.
