Saturday, June 14, 2008

Time Machine

If I had a time machine, would it make me a happier person? Would it have made me more human?

A lot of people would love the idea of a time machine. They would be able to travel back to the past, amend things that they could have done, or things that they regretted doing, or saved their loved ones from death. Or travel to the future to have a glimpse of what things might become. There are a lot of reasons of wanting a time machine, aren't there?

I would love to have one too. I keep thinking to myself that, many of times. I would then go back to my school days and study really hard, graduate from university and get a really nice job and stuff. And if it still fails, I can always go back in time. Is it not? But would I have grown and mature?

People are afraid of making mistakes. That's why they need a time machine, to transport them to where they had flawed, and then make amendments. But who doesn't err? Doesn't that make us human? Then there wouldn't be history to learn from, right? We would just be living our lives over and over again.

So sometimes I wonder if this thing, having a time machine, is good or bad. Maybe it is possible to be made, but then maybe the inventor is also considering the consequences that this invention would bring. It's best then, not to invent this machine at all. Whatever it is that we do, do with it with your heart and soul and mind. Don't fret over it.


"Do what you feel is best, but don't fret over your mistakes. No one is keeping track if them. Be simple, be natural, and you will come close to being who you really are."

"The past is past. If your past goes back ten years, or ten thoussand, what difference does it make? You are alive now. Don't worry about past lives. Don't worry about future lives. Live now, enjoy."

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