I just bought a handful of plums for 100/-. Just a bunch. Why would plums be more expensive than grapes? I get, they're seasonal but hey? Doesn't add up.
Be that as it may, this reminded me of our growing up days in a farm. With some fruit trees, we had more than enough plums; and it got me thinking:
- Never take for granted what you have. The wise would say, you never know what you have till you lose it. Well. The eyes of the wise then will be open to treasure what they have and not wait till they lose it.
- Tomorrow may be different from today. How prepared are you? It all depends with how much you see. George S. Clason says that opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with the unprepared.
Living on that farm, it was hard to fathom a day when I would have to buy those same fruits so dearly. There are two types of conditions here that changed. I'll call the first micro i.e. The personal conditions involving my family's rural urban migration: hence no more fruit trees. The second I'd call macro i.e. Inflation in the country pushing the prices of plums high.
Both are in a way representative of changes we all go through. Micro changes at personal and family levels. Macro changes at national and global levels. But they all affect us. They affect the ease with which we can access "fruits", no?
Well. What do you have in your life that you currently take for granted? Family? Good health? Peace? Don't take it for granted. Be grateful.
How could your tomorrow change from today? Are your eyes open to the shifting landscape? How would you be more prepared?
May 2018 find us more grateful and alert.
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