You look into the past. You want to change this. You want to do change that. You wish you had done things differently. You regret having said yes. You lament the oportunity missed. You repent the decision you took. You desire going back to it all and changing everything.
Granted. Yes... granted. Granted an opportunity to use a Wellsian fantasy. Go back in time and change all that you want to. Press Shift+Del to wipe it out of existence and use Ctrl+V to replace it with that which you think is right or perfect. And voila you have got exactly what you wanted. Or is it?
Nothing is meant to be perfect and perhaps nothing can be made perfect. Going back in time and changing things might just be another oasis in this arid Saharan desert of a life. So then why do we constantly wish for it? Another illusion you want to capture? Another star in the distant sky?
Or is it becuase we're but human. And it is human to look back and crib about things that we no longer have a control over. Because if life had been perfect till date then where would we find a reason for being unhappy?
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I remember Mahey once talking about how humans are the only ones with a linear memory - that is we can distinguish between what we had for dinner yesterday and last week. We always fantasize a "what if" situation - we're the only one who can do this! So I guess it is human to regret the past...
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