Ramblings

A hundred and eighty degree turn around. Some call it changing for the better, others may call it self denial. I'd like to think of it as a journey of self discovery, or perhaps a evolution in character. Some people weed themselves of it slowly, a gradual reduction till they have cleansed themselves of their addiction. Others, like me, rather a single clear break... again, to each its own. You can't live life running backwards so my policy of "not looking back and no regrets" has till date served me well. I guess it is alright to feel upset at times but to regret an action which cannot be undone is seriously detrimental to oneself. A pity I always learn things the hard way... 

I found these two quotes and I think that they'll make a splendid yet meaningful end to this entry. The second quote is from LOTR: The Two Towers, something Samwise Gamgee said to Frodo Baggins as they trekked to Mordor.  

“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.” 

- Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)

"I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered, full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going, because they were holding on to something."

- Samwise Gamgee

LOTR: The Two Towers