The Next Thirty Days...Day 4 (Missing or Things that we miss)

To be frank and honest I did miss the fourth day yesterday. It was a little late but not too late to write. But that should not be an excuse. If you have to write you have too. And that's what I am going to do today. Write for yesterday as well as today.

Since on the fourth day I missed my target to write for the day I picked up "Missing" for the day. And suddenly my mind was filled with a laundry list of things that we miss in life.

Here we go....

We miss

Targets,

Friends,

Places,

Things,

Family,

Moments,

Time,

Joy,

Jokes,

Fun,

Togetherness,

Solitude,

playing pranks,

enjoying the rain,

enjoying a movie,

laughing your heart out...

I could go on and on.....

Vow. Great. What? What's so great about missing? Isn't suppose to make you feel bad? No. At least henceforth not. For all of a sudden I realized there are life's so many things that are really worth missing and there are a few things that you should never really miss...especially things that you have committed to yourself, pursuing your dreams. All others are like "You can't have your cake and keep it too." So when you have had you cake...it's better to savour test and let it linger in your mind forever rather than feeling sad for learn to enjoy the joy of missing what you have already enjoyed.

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