Monday, November 23, 2009
ghost of christmas past
wello. its the time of the year again. time for year-end budget wrap-ups, time for the long yearned for holidays, time for reflections which leads to setting new resolutions (or maybe attempt to fulfill the undone ones that were set LAST year) , time for family to spend time together as a nuclear unit over xmas, time for friends to meet up for that once-a-year xmas gathering, time for us to give more than we take, time for more thoughts on how the next year will be like, or how things could have been. "i could have" is more often that not a phrase that is extremely popular over the annual year-end holiday season.
i could have said no to this option.
i could have said yes to that opportunity.
i could have spent more time with daddy.
i could have spent less on this pair of jeans.
i could have studied more for this.
i could have gone for exchange.
i could have gone for this interview
i could have been more patient with mummy
i could have...
i could have...
i could have...
there are already so many 'i could have's that i can come up with. let alone every single person on this planet! im sure it ll be gazillions times gazillions! but yeah i guess that's a very human thing to do. we always look back instead of looking forward. we lament about how things should have been done instead of how things can be like. in a way, we are all haunted by our own ghost of our pasts. memories sometimes bring tear-jerking moments as we think of how things could have been, and sometimes we regret certain decisions that has been made. but it is these decisions that bring us to be who we are today. be it bad or good, we all learn from these things that happen for a reason. so instead of harping on the mistakes we have made, we should just get the gist out of them and move on from there. i like dex's analogy on life. life is like driving a car. u have a rear view mirror to check what's behind from time to time. but u have to keep ur eyes in front on what's ahead. else u d just end up in shatters if u drive looking at the rear mirror all the time. (:
so true.
work's ending on monday 30th november. im looking forward to heading to some cafe and read a book all day long and perhaps pen down my reflections for the year. u should do it too!
