I’ve been wanting to discuss this topic for a very long time. As I know how serious this thing is and there are a lot of people who are not aware of it and does not take this seriously. Taking someone for granted has become very normal and like a hobby for people now a days . You underestimate the value of that person or that thing until it’s gone for good. Be it their work, relationships, friends, family or even things. We ignore people around ourselves who loves us like anything and who would love to cross rivers for us. But we take them for granted instead of giving them importance or make them our priority. We treat them like a piece of trash. But once they leave forever after feeling left out. We start to miss them and their presence. We regret losing them. We regret taking them for granted. But then you know that it’s too late.
There’s a meaning associated with being taken for granted when someone displays ungratefulness or general happiness. If you’ve noticed someone’s attitude towards you change in this way, then you may be taken for granted.
I’ll share one example with you here, I once heard about an experiment a school teacher did with the children in her class. They made three groups of plants which they watered exactly the same. To the first group they lavished attention and nice words upon. To the second they did nothing but made negative comments about. To the third group they ignored as much as possible. As you might expect the first group of plants thrived, the second were small and stunted. The third group was even worse. Small, weak and dying. Without realising it, this is the way people live their lives- by taking huge chunks of it for granted, by ignoring it.
In the end I would just say DON’T TAKE ANYONE FOR GRANTED. No matter how much they love you, people get tired eventually. We are all given chances, but you never know when the last chance may be.
By
Neyha Khilji
