The simple things in life...

[Found this stuck in my drafts for almost 3.5 years. Thought I'd just put it out there...]

...are what matters the most. Quite often, we make a big deal about the large and noticeable things, people, or events in out lives. The point to ponder, however, is this: how much do you know about the little things in life that we often take for granted? How much do we cherish the truly important things around us?

Sometimes it takes us losing something to truly appreciate its value; that is not limited to just material objects or people, but even opportunities. Having lost it, however, is already one step too late to do the right thing... or is it? That's the question that has been haunting me in recent times. The past year has been laden with trials and opportunities; some I've braved, some I have not. The chilling truth is that regret is a close cousin of loss, and twice as vicious and unforgiving to the psyche.

I've also learnt that regret can be a powerful motivator... provided you get to terms with it and channel all that energy appropriately. That takes an immense amount of drive and willpower which I doubt I have... if it weren't for my friends. Through all this, I realize that no matter how independent one person is, there are times that all the walls of your character just can't hold up... not without the help of friends around you.
They could be the people helping you to stand back up... they could also be the people that you're focusing your regret on, driving you to resolve things because that's how much they matter to you. I've always stood by the philosophy that friends should never be lost; lest they were never friends to begin with. You could say I was a partial hypocrite though... I never lost a friend before, so I never knew the weight of that philosophy.
Today, I can say for a fact... friends are never worth the loss. If you made a mistake, suck it up and fix it. You may fail, you may succeed... uncertainty is life's way to deal with everything. Regret, however, is a feeling you don't want to live with 'coz I know for a fact how much it hurts to have a regret you can never undo. So if you can still breathe and do something about it, do it.

The simple things in life are what really matter...
Friends may seem simple... but never take them for granted.