If only...

Originally published on: 2025-01-22

• my country's health-care/social benefits/courts were like in country X.»
• my girlfriend was as understanding/smart/beautiful as that other girl.»
• my boyfriend was as sensitive/attentive/handsome as that other guy.»

We often overlook our assumption that everything else (things that we do, currently, like) will stay in place.
And this is never the case.