You never miss the water till the well runs dry - Proverb for January 4

For January 4, I read the following proverb from my daily calendar "The Worlds Great Proverbs", "You never miss the water till the well runs dry".

This is one of those "don't take anything for granted" type proverbs and the basic message is that it's not until you lose something that you appreciate it. So the lesson for me today is simply to not take anything for granted.  This is especially true for my health, job, family and friends.  It also reminds me to be more thankful for all these things. Above all we can be thankful to God for all that we have above what we need.  Actually we should be thankful for having our basic needs met as well, after all there are many who lack this too.