By Robin Weaver
Maybe
it’s cheating, but I’d want to live in perpetual yesterday.
Think about it. How cool would it be to have a re-do day? Every day?
I don’t
mean a Groundhog’s
Day scenario where you repeatedly experience the same twenty-four
hours. I mean a real do-over for every single day of my life—basically a 730-day
year, only the rest of the world would only know about 365 of them. A
day to undo those things you wished you’d done differently. A day to unsay
things you shouldn’t have said. A day to say “no,” when you said “yes” only to
realize you’ve been had. A day to say “yes” when made an excuse for not doing
the right thing.
Basically,
you’d have a life with no tension. An existence where you’d never have to worry
about messing up, because you could always fix
it. A life without regrets. Heaven, right?
Only…
would that actually work the way I’m imaging? Hmmm. There’d be
no surprises. And we writers know, without tension and conflict, you have no
story. No real growth.
So, I
guess I’ve changed my mind. If I could live in any time, I’d live in the
here-and-now. And now I feel a bit more content about it.
Happy
Wednesday everyone. Here’s to the imperfect day.
3 comments:
AWESOME POST, Robin! I love your logic - and the Cousin It photo. You gave me something to think about.
Well said, Robin. We are the culmination of all of our life experiences so to change any of it, we wouldn't be who we are. One aspect of living in the here and now is the opportunity to change and grow. I may not have a "do over" in terms of today but I always have a "do over" tomorrow.
As always, you bring up topics that beg to be considered.
I do think we are a culmination of experiences, both good and not so good. I suspect, if I could always change the past to correct mistakes that I could easily become a sociopath, or at least someone who had little motivation to learn good behavior. With no harm to me for my actions and the ability to correct them if someone complained, I'd be trying all kinds of crazy things just because I could.
It is the consequences of our actions that teach us how to be human. True it also leaves us with lots of baggage, like guilt or fear. But without it I think we would be less careful or caring.
We see some of this today exhibited by certain rich and powerful people who don't take care because they believe they can correct past mistakes with money or other actions that only they can wield. Fortunately, we have a system of laws and investigations that can reach them as well.
If you haven't already, Robin, you might enjoy reading some of Phillip K. Dick's work. In particular, Adjustment Team (short story) where reality is "adjusted" but every adjustment has a consequence because it never happens exactly as intended.
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