sliding d00rs
The theory of "sliding doors".
The 'what if' scenerio.
I found myself asking others...."IF there was one moment or one thing in your life over the past 10 years, you can change, what would it be?"
No one said "i don't regret any moment or anything", someone attempted to but then realised that there was a decision she would have changed.
The course of a person's life sometimes take forever to change or sometimes it doesn't at all...BUT sometimes, it just takes 1 moment.
I'm sure most of you remember the movie "Sliding Doors" starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Where that 1 or maybe 2 seconds where she missed the train, changed her entire life and it showed what her life would have been if she didn't. But at the end, her 2 courses of life collided and she was fated to meet John Hannah's character.
Does it all work out that way? Or was she just lucky?
Is everything that happens in one's life fated. Has the course of one person's life been destined from the start and written among the stars?
Back to that particular "moment" in my life that i believe has set the course of my life from now onwards.
I chose to stay in Penang and not return to Melbourne. This i believe was my particular moment.
Since then i have been wondering around aimlessly in Penang as to what to do with my life....my career, my family blah blah blah
And i have since decided to quit practicing and join the family business which i feel is a causation link from that decision to remain here.
The Domino Effect.
Will i eventually end up where i am supposed to be?
This whole issue came about one day when i realised that.... when i am 60ish, sitting on my rocking chair (or if i'm richer an OSIM chair haha) with a spliff, i am going to regret my life.
To know that you will regret your life in the future is not a nice thought.
I know i know, most of you say "why don't you change it? its in your own hands" but sometimes i guess its not that easy, the commitments in life and the obligation stops me or maybe is it cause i am a coward...
The 'what if' scenerio.
I found myself asking others...."IF there was one moment or one thing in your life over the past 10 years, you can change, what would it be?"
No one said "i don't regret any moment or anything", someone attempted to but then realised that there was a decision she would have changed.
The course of a person's life sometimes take forever to change or sometimes it doesn't at all...BUT sometimes, it just takes 1 moment.
I'm sure most of you remember the movie "Sliding Doors" starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Where that 1 or maybe 2 seconds where she missed the train, changed her entire life and it showed what her life would have been if she didn't. But at the end, her 2 courses of life collided and she was fated to meet John Hannah's character.
Does it all work out that way? Or was she just lucky?
Is everything that happens in one's life fated. Has the course of one person's life been destined from the start and written among the stars?
Back to that particular "moment" in my life that i believe has set the course of my life from now onwards.
I chose to stay in Penang and not return to Melbourne. This i believe was my particular moment.
Since then i have been wondering around aimlessly in Penang as to what to do with my life....my career, my family blah blah blah
And i have since decided to quit practicing and join the family business which i feel is a causation link from that decision to remain here.
The Domino Effect.
Will i eventually end up where i am supposed to be?
This whole issue came about one day when i realised that.... when i am 60ish, sitting on my rocking chair (or if i'm richer an OSIM chair haha) with a spliff, i am going to regret my life.
To know that you will regret your life in the future is not a nice thought.
I know i know, most of you say "why don't you change it? its in your own hands" but sometimes i guess its not that easy, the commitments in life and the obligation stops me or maybe is it cause i am a coward...
posted by the frou fr0u one at
4:50 PM
2 Comments:
don't predict the future, as cliche as that sounds. it's hard to say whether everything is destined. i never thought i'd be in asia for a bit, having to leave everything behind in an instant, no goodbyes, and learn to deal with life in a country i like least. will i regret this later in my life? i have no idea. do i regret leaving la for the moment? very much so. but you know what, you can always try and work around it. hence im workin and doin as much as i can to sort things out and head back. there are always external obligations and responsibilities, but i've realized that when it comes down to it, you gotta be happy with where youre at. it's not gonna be immediate, but work towards it. dont think about being 60 and regretting your life's actions just yet. it's not about being a coward or a daredevil. it's about how much you want a certain thing, and being sure of it. once you're dead sure, believe me, you'll lay your ass on the line just to make sure you're there. i know im very sure, and i'd drop all i have right now in my life just to be there - where i'm truly happy. :)
babe...
from ur comment...i can definitely tell that u've grown up a fair bit since comin up.
am so proud of u that u know wut u gotta do to go where u wanna be
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