Don't Lose It !

Lately I've been thinking quite a lot about possible losses. Opportunity costs that plays out in the daily decisions I take. Haunting my very conscience, like one worse than the notorious Barabbas, are the many things I tend to take for granted. 

Specifically, I have this peculiar dread bred in my heart of losing someone most dear to my heart- my dearest actually.

Trust you me, tis no joke-  this fear of mine. 

Seeing myself without her beside me in any phase of time or trim of space is cardio-catastrophic in the extremest possibly imaginable order. Far more bitter than death itself.

But then another thought, deeper than what I am feeling, is provoked within all of a sudden.

How losses seem to mysteriously add value to those things we once possessed.

The talents and skills we once wielded become so perfect and flawless only when we have them no more or can no longer utilize them. Have you ever heard of a veteran speak of his days in arms??? Or have you seen a retired teacher showcase his catalogue of professional achievements???

Such perfect moments and sceneries, yet they were not so when the time was in their days.

Now think about some childhood memories you may have... How do they appear??? Perfect, right???

But the sad news is that these all are moments lost never to be regained- certainly not in this lifetime, maybe in the next to come.

Even much deeper sinks my thoughts to probe further the mystical potential of loss as a value imparter.

Have you ever lost a loved one,a colleague, a relative or close friend???

How was the feeling like???

Quite devastating right??? 

But then can you sincerely try to compare the value you placed upon them whiles they stood with the living to the value you place on then now they lie with the fallen???

Just munch on that awhile.

You will realise that indeed loss has a weird, unfathomable way of imparting value spontaneously unto entities (persons, possessions, talents, pets, relationships, etc). This mystery yet remains undeciphered still.

So the deduction made is that, do not wait until you lose something/someone before you confer such altitude of value and/honor upon that which is lost.

For regardless the magnitude of value loss bestows upon something, it really means nothing once it is lost. (hard truth !)

The amazing fact is that, these entities whiles they were not lost would have experienced different stories if even a quarter of the value loss imparts was given them.

So this is the resolution I have made and that is to value every single aspect of my life. I am taking nothing or no one pertaining to my life for granted- not family, not friends, not dreams, not faith and certainly not the love of my life either.

I love a Princess, and that's what I'm going to focus on knowing how to do well before I lose her.

Besides, we don't even know exactly how much time we do have left... We might run out of time at anytime🤨

#LoveNow_NotLater

#AmGonnaLoveULikeAmGonnaLoseYou

#AmGonnaLoveUHardBeforeILoseU

Written by: A tiger with motivation from a tigress

Dedication: To Princess, the love of my life