Clarity and Calamity.

“Things go by too quickly. We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are. Days go by and we hardly notice them. Life becomes a blur. Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we’ve made, but its too late to change anything.”

—	Calvin & Hobbes

The previously posted quote.. Things go by too quickly. We’re so busy watching out for whats just ahead of us that we dont take the time to enjoy where we are… Is one of the most influential quotes I have read, and strangely enough, it is from a book of cartoons about a boy and his imaginary friend.
It’s definitely true that it takes a moment of calamity (ca·lam·i·ty/kəˈlamitē/Noun
1. An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
2. Disaster and distress.) to truly appreciate the lives we live, the people around us and the luxuries we overlook, as well as see our individual life as it really is, without misconceptions, or rose coloured glasses. It takes just a moment of clarity to clearly see our mistakes, and understand our regrets. Sadly, just as fast as these moments hit, they fade, and as this clarity fades to oblivion, we’re left searching, unseeing.