Taking Something For Granted Essay

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Everyone has taken something for granted. I did too and I didn’t know what it meant when someone said you do not know what you have until it is gone. Thoughts about losing someone had never entered my mind as a child. I had lived my life without worrying about the things that could happen to me or anyone I love. However, the carefree lifestyle I lived changed the moment I found out that my brother was involved in a car accident. From that day on, I realized that I should not take my family for granted. The accident was unexpected; no one would have thought it would happen. The thing about this accident is that my brother was not in either car. He was on the sidewalk, walking home from the store. As he was walking, a speeding car collided with another car a few feet away from him. One of the cars came towards his path and hit him. His pants had gotten caught in the metal of the car, which caused him to get stuck and not be able to get away from it. However, when he saw smoke coming out of the car, he got scared and with the adrenaline running through him, he ripped his pants away. After moving away from the car, he lost consciousness, this was his condition when my father …show more content…

It taught me to not take those I love for granted and it helped me choose what I wanted to do with my life. The fear of almost losing my brother made me realize that I should not be ungrateful towards him and that I should appreciate him more. This event helped me select what I wanted to do with my life. Becoming a nurse became a dream of mine, which was created by this event. After my brother returned from the hospital, he told my family and I about how the nurses treated him nicely and that he liked them a lot. While he was narrating the story to us, my thoughts were got occupied with fantasies of becoming one of the people he was fondly talking about. The story of his recovery in the hospital was the beginning of my dream to become a

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