Reality Check

This morning i woke up to the exciting news that the SAINTS one the Super Bowl. Moments later I was made aware of a sadder news. One of my classmates dad had passed away. Normally the day after the Super Bowl, the classrooms and lunchroom are filled with Super Bowl cheer and boasting, but today the atmosphere is not boastful or cheerful, but overwhelmingly sad and quiet. News had spread around the whole campus and today teachers put aside their lesson plans and spoke about this tragedy.

After I had heard the news, the first thing I wanted to do was call my dad and tell him how much I love him. I refrained because it was 3 am Cali time, but i could'nt help but wonder, why does it take a tragedy for us to realize what we have. It took 9/11 to unite us, Katrina to re-unite us, and Haiti to help others less fortunate than us. Why is it that we humans have to learn the hard way. Why can't we realize what we have while we have it, instead of when its gone. I am very guilty of that. Before Spain, I usually only called my family when I need something.

As soon as I post this I am going to call my family and tell them I love them, its just sad that it took someone else's tragedy to make me realize what i should've been doing anyways. So the moral of this post is, cherish and appreciate the people in your lives now, so when they're gone you won't look back and wish you had done more.