"wisdom that isn't distilled in our own crucible can't help us" (the palace of illusions, chitra divakaruni)how unfortunately true this is. and this is exactly why hindsight is so pointless as well. seriously, of what use is hindsight when i cannot go and change the past? we may like to think that we could avoid a recurrence, but that is largely wishful thinking. (borne out by the characters in palace of illusions. but all that karma, destiny and inevitability is for another post.)
i find myself increasingly thinking of my younger self these days, and wishing that i had not wasted so much time and energy on angst over a million trivialities. and yet, this does not stop me from doing the same today. i have less energy and time to waste, but still, i know that i spend too much time thinking, dwelling, feeling guilty..
perhaps it all comes back down to ben okri's law: "every experience is repeated or suffered until you experience it properly and fully the first time"
now if only someone would guide me through these experiences, H and i might stop having the same fights on a routine basis :P
#microblog mondays
3 comments:
The thinking and dwelling can have value. The guilt (from personal experience) not so very much.
Here's to finding a path to the answers for questions of the day.
I really relate to this. Good post.
Does Okri's laws count towards the good things that you miss out on by being clueless and self-absorbed as much as it counts towards the bad stuff? :-)
This is a really good post.
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