It seems to happen to me alot.. anyone else?
2007-12-01 21:56:54 · 19 answers · asked by lux s 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
of course, I was to busy having a nice time knowing i would
get to it tomorrow. while the living was easy and someone to
feed and clothed me it was great...NO, responsibility! NOW!
homeless, eating scraps from the trash cans...what a life. and
I thought it could wait until tomorrow.
2007-12-05 19:37:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that we don't know what we have, it's that we don't appreciate it. People tend to remember the negative and forget the positive leaving them with the "grass is greener" syndrome. Things tend to look better from a distance because they are foreign and new. Sometimes we need to take a few steps back to take a good look at what we have so it, too, can feel new again.
Remember ... The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but they also spend a lot more time on their yard than you do. Maybe if you spent more time watering, fertilizing and mowing your own grass it could flourish too.
2007-12-02 06:08:58 · answer #2 · answered by Mia ... Yay, best answer! 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We do know. We also know that nothing remains the same. That life goes on so we hold on to the things that we cherish and love for as long as we can.
Trust in God or your intuition if you are an athiest
What you think you may have in the material sense may have been bad for you anyway in the soul or spirit sense.
2007-12-02 09:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably for the same reasons we eventually get bored of living in places we always thought we'd never tire of. Things lose their perceived value when they're easily accessible. Becoming accustomed to things is probably a useful and natural adjustment mechanism , but it eventually blunts our curiosity and distorts our personal ideas concerning value.
2007-12-02 08:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately that's what curiosity and inexperience does to us. Until something had gone we never know its true value as we tend to take it for granted. That's the way of life, it is sad but true.
Happens to about 95% of humans I would guess.
Good luck
2007-12-02 06:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by Dragon Prince 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because positive exists only in comparison to negative. If negative or bad things didn't exist, we couldn't say something is good. So, what you have doesn't strike you as much of a positive until negative is introduced by its absence.
2007-12-02 06:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, It does. The reason being is we make mistakes and we have to make choices everyday, some of these choices that we make may lead to more loose than gain.
:)
It happens to me alot.
2007-12-02 06:05:32 · answer #7 · answered by betta 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Human nature.
2007-12-02 06:00:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hind sights 20/20 gotta luv that Fraze everyone understands it. If there over 8 anyway lol.
2007-12-02 06:02:33 · answer #9 · answered by lord_he_aint_right_nda_head 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Familiarity breeds contempt:
We don't recognize what a good thing (or person) we have because we see it (or he/her) every day. Our close acquaintance blinds us to the value of what we have.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/55/messages/981.html
Until it is gone, familiarity keeps us blind.
2007-12-02 06:59:35 · answer #10 · answered by d_r_siva 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋