Did I say I'm a person who can never make up my mind? diverse and likes variation? If no, read my previous writings. So, while browsing.. I was staring at my blog title for quite a while and I thought of changing it into a simpler English catchphrase because if you haven't noticed my current blog title is in French. Being the occasional obsessive compulsive that I am with words, I kind of dwelt with the meaning of that french expression.
"Je ne regrette rien- I have no regrets."
Sure, we are bound to live life with no regrets and all but I think this isn't sensible. We go through life everyday and every now and then, we experience something that we totally despise which equates to regretting it. I can be completely honest, I have a list of regrets in life though not quite long, there still are.. from the uncomplicated why did I go to this place? why did I buy this dress? or why did I eat this today? to the more important why didn't I pursue what I love? or why have I always been giving less efforts on academics? why I was a complete coward for not saying what I really want to say? etc. I suppose it would be a lot good if I say I have no regrets in my life, it actually gives you quite the boost to just live life but truthfully, ask yourself, do you really have NO regrets in life? no shameful feeling in you that you would actually want to do over? no apologetic conscious or reaction to any personal past acts?
I am aware that there would be lots of regrets in the future. At one point I wish we could just press that rewind button and go back a minute before we actually made that wrong move. Of course we wouldn't change it all because that would totally change who we are now. Perhaps altering just one tiny moment would be cool :) I daresay the phrase "Je ne regrette rien" doesn't appeal to me now as compared to how it first appealed to me when I decided to make it as my blog title.. The more realistic phrase would have to be, live life knowing regret but learning from every single rueful detail of it.
*only those who watch and has been a fan of the now defunct Disney show Wizards of Waverly Place shall understand my post title*
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