If life had U-turns

garima:


Imagine, if there was a rewind button in our lives, if we could go back in time whenever we wished. If we could go back and enjoy the gleeful moments again, and rectify the mistakes which bring grief in the present.

Whenever the path would get thorny, we would go back to the point where the roads diverged, and take the other path which could possibly make us happy in the present. Still, if we are not content, we’ll repeat the process.Sounds fascinating? Doesn’t it?

There will be no worries, nothing to regret about, only happiness. And one point will come, when we will be tired of being happy. There will be no bad experiences, hence, no opportunities to learn and grow. Our life will become a chaos, where we will be switching between the past and the present like a maniac.

When we want something, we struggle like crazy to get it. Once we get it, it gives happiness, but after a while, we are bored of it, and we want something else. Like a child gets on his parents’ nerves to get a toy or a game, after getting it, he plays with it for a few hours and then, gets bored of it, forgets its worth.

Similarly, if all our wishes come true, we will get bored of it, we will forget the worth of happiness. We all wish at some or the other point, to go back in time and change the past according to our desire, or simply to relive the beautiful moments. But, if all the wishes start coming true, how will we experience the beauty of longing.

I don't have much regrets about my past. Infact, I don't have any regrets. I just accept the past as it is, because at that point of time, whatever I chose was out of my own will, that was what I wanted. It's better to face it with a smile rather than regretting.

There is no use, lamenting over the past, because God has created a cycle of happiness and sorrow. If bad times are here, the cheerful ones will surely follow. If we try to break this virtue, our life will become haywire.
Instead of regretting about the decisions in the past, and wishing for life to take a U turn,we must struggle with the hardships, and take wise decisions, so that we are not left with any reason to regret later. Because,

“NO ONE CAN GO BACK AND CHANGE THE BEGINNING, BUT EVERYONE CAN START TODAY AND MAKE A NEW END"


ankur:

‘You can change your future by changing your present but you cannot change your past’, that’s what I have always heard and believed in. But what if life had U-turns?

If I could change my past, my present would also change. All the gifts that I have today would get replaced by something else, may be gifts, may be curses. All the wrong choices that I had made in my past, I would change them. But wouldn’t that also alter my judgment power? Yes, because good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment. By altering my badly judged choices, I would affect my own wisdom. Whatever wrong choices I have made, I can see them leading me to what I am today. I am comfortable with myself, so I won’t change my past decisions if life had U-turns.

There’s just one thing that can never have any good effect. That is, hurting someone. What goes around, comes around. Adding to it, I’d say, ‘what goes around, comes around, with a greater intensity’. I would have avoided hurting innocents, if life had U-turns.

I can’t even think of writing anything more because I am person who lives in the present. The very thought of going back to my past makes me miserable, even if it’s about beautiful moments.I’d rather carry experience instead of memories.