You never know a good thing 'til it's gone

I was listening to that song by Kris Allen entitled "Gotta Live Like We're Dyin." It's a catchy tune of catch phrases that set me to thinking.

You never know a good thing 'til it's gone, because once you realize it's good, fate seems to always take it away from you. And no matter how hard you try to hold on, at some point in time you are going to lose your grip. I know that a few years ago, I was very much set in my lifestyle and I pretty much lost most of everything that I held dear during that time span and I am still dealing with the worst of the issues that were so bothersome during that time period. And I ain't down for the struggle.

Gotta live like we're dyin, cause you pretty much are from the moment you are conceived. Life is a paradox between the endurance of the struggle and the fragility of fate. I have been knocked down by what life represents these days and there are a lot of people in those circumstances, but it's easy to get beat down by the struggle and easy to understand why you want that clock to tick. It's alot easier to appreciate life when you are enjoying life and you feel happy and alive. When you are forced to do things you don't want to do and be places that you don't want to be, it is easy to wish that 86,400 seconds away.

When you are able to be with someone you love and be in a place you want to be, then you certainly need to appreciate those times and what you have. And aren't those always the times that go by way too fast. And aren't those always the fleeting moments. I certainly know that I want some stability and security in my life. Scrambling to survive certainly isn't endearing.

I certainly know that there are things that I wish I would have done and there are things I wish I wouldn't have done, but there isn't anything that I can't live with. I understand fate and I understand that you can't control people. We are all like atoms on this planet and as individuals our atomic particles affect everyone and everything around us. Our lives set off a chain of events that will affect everything in the Universe throughout infinity.

Life is what it is. It is much to complex to break down and diagnose while we are living. As individuals, we will never understand this world and the more we ponder, the more we understand how little we know, but the more we have to offer. The world certainly evolves.

Life just is what it is and the rat race created by materialism certainly doesn't make it any easier. You can't take all of that stuff with you when you leave this earth and our society needs to quit pushing the possession's mindset off on people. I want the good things to stay. I want them to come hang out so we can enjoy one another's company. Life shouldn't be about being on the go all the time. It should be about building lasting relationships and enjoying simple pleasures. Mr. Allen's idealism is right on, but the words certainly ring hollow in the world that surrounds me today.




Live Like We're Dying

Sometimes we fall down, can't get back up
We're hiding behind skin that's too tough
How come we don't say I love you enough
Till it's to late, it's not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come
And we could make a feast from these crumbs
And we're all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you,
What would you wish you would've done

Yeah, we gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given
If this is all we got and we gotta start thinking
If every second counts on a clock that's ticking
Gotta live like we're dying

We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

And if your plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbye
Should be so careful who we live out our lives
So when we long for absolution,
There'll be no one on the line, yeah

Yeah, we gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given
If this is all we got and we gotta start thinking
If every second counts on a clock that's ticking
Gotta live like we're dying

We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

You never know a good thing till it's gone
You never see a crash till it's head on
Why do we think we're right when we're dead wrong
You never know a good thing till it's gone

Yeah, we gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given
If this is all we got and we gotta start thinking
If every second counts on a clock that's ticking
Gotta live like we're dying

We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying

Like we're dying, oh, like we're dying..

We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying..