Dont Take Anything for Granted

“Live every day as if is your last, because one of these days, it will be.” – Jeremy Schwartz. I’m not going to stand here and persuade you not to do drugs. Nor am I going to persuade you to stay in school or not to smoke, but rather a more general subject many of us should think about more – and that is life. Life, and everything we are given, everything we have, should be appreciated and not be taken for granted. It’s an obvious statement, but I think many of us still need to acknowledge that fact. Everyday, we wake up, go to school, chill with friends, eat, sleep, and all the other activities our day may consist of. But most of us never take the time to think about our life and what we have. For example, most of you may dread coming to school to learn, but there are many people out there in the world that would give anything to have an education. You should b

There are so many people in the world without food and without shelter. I hope you are now persuaded to live every day as if it is your last, and helped you to realize that you should appreciate everything, and everyone you have in your life. If you have a roof on top of your head, food to eat, and clothes to wear, you should consider yourself lucky. e grateful for the privilege of coming to school for an education. But be grateful for what you have, and don"tmt take anything for granted, because you will regret it. She regrets not telling Kyle how much she appreciated him, and thanking him for being her close friend. A person"tms life can be taken away at a blink of an eye, at any age. Any day could be your last day on Earth. Have you ever lost something, particularly someone, regretting that you took that thing, him or her for granted I have been never directly hit with losing someone close to me, but I know many people who have lost someone they loved and maybe you have too. It may not even be death - it may be just a simple friendship that is ruined, a lost love, anything. Another passenger, Edward Lancaster, age of 15, is paralyzed neck down and going mentally insane. The driver and the third passenger fortunately came out of the accident with no critical injuries. Every breath, every second we have to experience this thing called life, every materialistic thing, and every emotional thing, we should be thankful for. So before you may depart from this world, which it can in fact, can be any day, or before anyone you love departs, take time to thank him or her.