Sunday, April 01, 2007

Regret trigger...

What would be your biggest regret if you knew you had very little time left? Would you wish you were nicer to your parents. Nicer to your partner. Nicer to your friends and siblings. Would you regret not having had a companion you could die for, you could kill for. Knowing he/show would do the same for you without batting an eyelid. A relationship that defies the native human self-preservative instincts. Would you regret not having stepped off the safety-net onto the relatively unknown, cos it did not confirm to the series of check-boxes you had planned for yourself. Would you regret not having achieved enough, not having made a difference. Or would you look back with a sense of satisfaction, a sense of achievement, and a pinch of regret (can't be all rosy, whoever you are), and embrace the moment?

To borrow what Ethan Hawke says in 'Reality bites', I would have a planet of regrets sitting on my shoulders. But i have a sizeable amount of time left (you cant be sure about such things, but still..). And a will to do something about it. And a potent combination of laziness and cynicism to prevent me from doing something about it.

On an unrelated note, the song 'BC Sutta' has been playing on my comp forever since yesterday and in my head whenever i leave my comp. The 'sutta' in the song is supposedly a metaphor for abandoned dreams. Thanks to Solilowkey (you could find the link for the song there) for making me cast my ears on this. Be forewarned that this song has a liberal dose of bad-mouthing and is not meant for fragile ears and moral science teachers.

4 comments:

Parth said...

I think it would be very difficult to lead a life without regrets, don't you think? And its not even about relaising it when you have little time left. I think it will hit you when you start getting through different phases in life.

Glad to introduce you to the song :-)

frissko said...

parth - hmm...maybe it is a permanent fixture...but it'll probably hit you harder when you know you have little time left...when you know you cant make amends...

Anonymous said...

I prefer to do "rm -rf *" and so forget abt little time left also.
Practically, I don't know how easy to implement it.

--Ash.

sou said...

yeah regret triggers (when you have enough time, or so you think) can really help you lead a better your life.. they can also become a burden though.. there is no way you can (or should?) live your life just so there are no regrets...

does that make sense?