Permanency

I am often caught off guard by how I take for granted things around me. I assume that, because they've always been a certain way, they always will be that way.
I do this, even in the face of the growth of something I've planted or the death of a tree.
I sometimes think that our sense of permanency comes from how short and narrow our perspectives are.
However, if we take the longer view, that we are only here for a short time, in the scheme of things, maybe it would help us to take more advantage of the time we have right now.
I often lament the ideologies that make us focus on the afterlife. But I also lament the ideology that makes us forget or helps us ignore the fact that we are someday not going to be here.
Every day is a gift. But nothing is permanent.