Friday, October 21, 2005
"if" has been a common word to use in everyone's life.There was a time when i love to regret over what i have done. So during the moment of reflection, i will ask myself, "what if i have done this and not that? And what if i choose this option over the other?" In a dialect version, people will say, "na si wa wu ji ba ban...." Well, if only time can reverse everything will be smoother. Unfortunately, time will never reverse and time and tide wait for no man.
In that case, why do we still bother to use if? Critics love to argue that well, the ability to use
if will ensure that if the same situation arises, we won't make the same mistake again. True enough, that is only if the if will result in someone reflecting in his/her mistake. And in reality, how many of us will not make the same mistake? Even a saint will need several attempts before learning something. The worst of all is thzt regreting will only make someone suffer ultimately.
No point regreting when something was already done. So the point is this, even if one has done wrong, there isn't a need to tell others that "i should have done this or that." All one has to do is to remember this mistake and live with the consequences as there bound to be an opportunity again to test ur reflection.
