Taken for Granted...

Sometimes the things that matter most in life are the things that we take for granted. The food we have to eat, the house we live in, the freedom that we have are all things that are so often taken for granted. We do not realize how much those things really mean to us until they are taken away for one reason or another.

More than anything, though, we take relationships and social interactions for granted. Maybe we do it on accident or maybe, in some part of our mind, we realize that we take a certain relationship or two for granted. By taking a relationship for granted, we often do not realize how much it really means to us until it is falling apart or until we have lost it completely.

By taking a step back from the relationship and looking at everything that you have gone through together, everything that you have allowed to happen between you, can be a clear reminder of why you and that person are friends. Jealousy is something that no one likes to feel; however, sometimes, jealousy is just the thing that we need to make us take that step back to evaluate the relationship, to show us what the relationship really means.

After taking that step back, after realizing how much the relationship means, our view of the relationship changes. We see it for what it is: something special, something to be treasured. When we see the relationship in that way, when we treasure our relationships the way they are meant to be treasured, then the time spent with the other person becomes more meaningful. And that is exactly the way they were meant to be.