Do We Always Take Everything for Granted?

Written by Irina Wardas on October 20th, 2008

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Yesterday I was talking to my former client and now dear friend, let’s say, her name is Kathy. A couple of days ago she came back from Europe, where she was visiting her mother while introducing her new husband. Yes, Kathy is a newlywed (thanks to my successful coaching), and deeply in love with her husband. So she told me that her mother was surprised and even annoyed with her daughter kissing her husband from time to time in public. She even asked her once or twice, why she was paying so much attention to him, he has been already her husband anyway, so why bother kissing him. My friend didn’t get into argument, trying to explain that a happy and healthy relationship takes a lot of work. She knew already that it was wasting of time to argue with her mother or discuss something she knew nothing about.

Well, Kathy was smart enough to let it go until … she came back and called me. She cannot understand why her mother has everything taken for granted, why she doesn’t realize that a good relationship is a hard work (well, we know that it takes two to be happy, and in this case they both do their best).

I am also wondering why is that? Why we don’t appreciate what we have until a wake-up call, until something changes, disappear or lost for good? I mean not only our relationship or marriage but also children and parents, our health, our career, our friends…Does it have anything to do with our ancestors, culture, environment? Or is it a human nature? Maybe if we appreciate a little bit more what we already have, we would be happier, less depressed, stressed out or angry?

Does it sound familiar? What do you think?

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Breathe, smile and be happy,

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Expert

NaturalCounselor.com

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Papaya is rich in beta-carotene and fiber.

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