Do we never truly appreciate what we have, until it's gone?

Question: Do we never truly appreciate what we have, until it's gone!?

Do we take for granted all the good things in our life,
But when it's gone look back and regret what we've done!?

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I've learnt this so many times the hard way =/
But i can't find any way to completely appreciate something until it's gone because everythings too right to be able to imagine it falling apart!
I hate losing anything!. Because each and every time i need or want it back so bad!. One way that KINDA works to appreciate good things is thinking your going to lose them, panicking a little!. Thinking "oh my god what if i lose this!!?" Then just maybe youl see whatyou have before it goes!.

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Yeah, i think i appreciate something when i first get it e!.g!. a mobile or a laptop but after a couple of weeks the novelty wears off and you mistreat it!. Then when your laptop/phone goes wrong and goes into repair i'm like going mad because of how much i use it and how reliable it is!. however even when i get it back the cycle restarts and you abuse things you have and no matter what you get somebody will always get one better than you so you get a little jealous!. 4 Weeks ago my nan died and until i lost how i didn't realise what she meant to me, i really regret that i didn't got and see her just one last time to say goodbye but i can't change time and it just altered me!. i still do take things for granted but i appreciate my friends more and what i have, theres no point dwelling on the past i live for now and right now i have everything i need, maybe when its gone i will realise just how much they/it meant to meWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, i do believe this!. I think we continue to do this until we finally realize it and try to correct it!. It's not easy to do so!. After we lose things that mean so much to us, we realize that they were special!. I've lost some things in my life and I have seen what I've missed and am now starting to try to appreciate everything!. It's difficult, but possible!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Our appreciations are commanded by our ideals, by our supreme abstract notions of all things we know in reality!. I can appreciate something just as much as it is nearer to my ideal of that thing!. Where in a real world we lose thing and then we find them again if we are lucky but in the abstract world of our mind ideals remain forever, when our ideals die our dreams die with them and then we are no longer able to appreciate life!.

Then perhaps the reason things go out of our life because we never fully understood them at the first place, or that they never were quite up to our ideals of the likes of them!. The appreciation of things that we realistically lose are just illusions, idealizations of something that we find missing in our normal life!. When we miss things badly, we are likely to idealise them more!. And in the end it is our ideals that we seek the fulfilment of in a real world, in this sense therefore we never actually lose anything as all things remain with us as our ideals, only their materialistic manifestations we lose!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

As a child that gets too many toys and becomes spoiled, we can all fall into this category!. We should never take anything in this life for granted!. We are all blessed with 'special' gifts!. We are given these gifts to challenge us to be fruitful!. If we don't appreciate what we have been given, they will be removed!. If we abuse or take them for granted, it is a defamation to God!. These are so vital to our lives!. They are what is; life worth living!. Regret is a horrible thing to live with!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes indeed most of us do!. I lost my mom when I was ten, I am now thirteen, and I miss her every moment!. I never knew how much I loved and apprecated her untill she was gone!. Everytime I hear people say, "I hate my mom", I tell them my story and say, "You never know when they are going to be gone, so love them while you have them!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

Peace of mind is greatly missed when we lose it!. As are parents we quarrelled and disregarded!. Loved ones estranged from us, a barrier of anger and loathing that doesn't allow for forgiveness as both sides fear, loath and resent mutually!.

One we adore but did not think to tell!. Funerals, so many flowers and well wisher for some elderly lonely person who had little but the garden flowers for company!. !.!.!. !.

Peace and Love Upon You !.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sometimes, especially when we're younger, that's true!. But I've noticed as I get older I truly appreciate what I have and who is in my life!. I really don't take it for granted any more because I've suffered a few losses!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah i have found that out the hard way today!. i finally found my brother with the hope i could get in touch with my dad to tell him about his grandkids only to find out he died almost a year ago!. now i regret not doing anything sooner out of fear and rejection!. lifes a *****Www@QuestionHome@Com

Thanks God we coming with "in build" sensor called imagination!. With this gadget you can predict any situation including loss of things, and its impact on your person!.
Yes, we are able to appreciate what we have before we loose it!Www@QuestionHome@Com

From my personal experience, I would have to say that is unfortunately true!. Of course, it's not always like that!.!.!. There are times when I sit back and count my blessings!.!.

The Prodigal Son, may you never live with regrets!Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes we do !!but not so much material things!.!.!.!. ,but we , as human beings take people for granted and when they have gone we only have the memories , and thats what i live on!. hope you are ok ??? !!Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes!.!. we do we take a lot of things for granted and dont even notice it and once its gone you miss it!.!.!. and you should take life the way its given to you and be happy of what you have and not what you want!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think after losing loved ones, I now appreciate everyone in my life!. I value them, love them, and enjoy every minute with them!.

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Never a truer word said my friend!.!.!.I have done a few silly things in my time,and when I look back on them it is with true regret!.!.!.I just wish I could turn back the hands of time!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

We don't appreciate things until it is gone, because we take things for granted and when it is no longer there, the heart aches starts!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yup i agree!.!.when the one we love are there, we don't give importance of them much!.!.but when they are gone, we are so regretful why we didn't appreciate them when they are still alive!.!.we are late realizing!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i think that's true - wasn't there a song 'you don't know what you've got till you lose it'!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think we do that until we learn the lesson!.

Then we appreciate what we have while we have it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Excellent question, yet unfortunately; too true!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are two things we take for granted untill it is too late,being young and being healthyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah I think thats true!. Defnitely!. Sure, it depends on the situation your in though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

unfortunately yes :(Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
I now regret killing my whole family because one of em spilled Tea on the new Carpet!.

I dont know how to use the Vax!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not always, but most of us!. If we had something our whole life, we take it for granted!. Sad, but true!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i can only say yes for my self i regret fin gs in my life that i have doneWww@QuestionHome@Com

depends what sort of person you are, i get a lot of pleasure from little things even lambs in a field,Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree with the first answerer and I say the sameWww@QuestionHome@Com

i think we do until we learn betterWww@QuestionHome@Com

Pretty much for most of us, yeah!.Www@QuestionHome@Com