Holding On to What I Haven't Got

What has been on my mind lately?? Well... the concept of wanting something that you cannot have. Everyone, especially me, seems to fall into the terrible mess of not only wanting things you can't have, but also legitimately needing things you can't have. If you are a natural blonde, well, you would rather be brunette. If that hair is naturally curly, well, you wished it was straight as a board. It seems like the things that I think will make me the very happiest are always just barely out of my grasp. The most quoted and favorite expression of all mankind is, "When I have ________ I will be happy." When I am rich, older, moved out, graduated or married I will be happy. How many of us are living in the present? Do we live each day like it is our last? Or are we constantly focused on what could be and not what really is. Be happy with who you are. Live for today. Don't think about what you can't have and what your life will be like 10 years from now. Love life. Today. There is the greatest line in a song that perfectly describes this phenomenon. It is by Linkin Park called Waiting for the End:
All I wanna do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got