The other day, a friend made a statement, saying that, it would be nice to have second chances in life. That spurred a thought, as to would it really be nice to have second chances??? I don’t think life would be interesting when we can cover every mistake of ours after understanding the consequences. An infant cuddled in the warmth of a mother’s embrace, soon becomes a toddler who runs across the muddled waters, walks on the railway tracks, waves hands at planes, laughs at a person missing a step, builds sand castles, plays hide and seek and crashes like a log at the end of the day, tired and content with the days activities. The fairy tales, the pranks of school days walk past and soon the carefree lad enters the youth, when the heart leaps up to pluck the stars… Gone are the aimless wanderings in the woods, listless idling with friends. Plans for lovely miles into the galaxies of life and walks with purpose ignoring the simplest pleasures that were once craved for… The hard facts of ...
Musings of my inward-eye...