Tuesday 14 September 2010

The Road Not Travelled.

I’ve been jumping up and down a lot lately to this. No regrets, of course, but it’s where I would have been had I not been dumb enough to listen to grown ups when I was younger. And here is where I’m thinking of going next. Interesting that these two songs were released in the same year.

4 comments:

lucy said...

ooh, where are you going Jeff?

JJ said...

Thinking of going, Lu. It rather depends on meeting the right person - someone who knows the ropes. I'm just a glutton for new experiences. Enchantments can come from many souces.

Maria Sondule said...

Where would you be if you hadn't listened to adults?

And that is meant not in a sarcastic way, even though it sounds like it. It's a genuine question.

JJ said...

I meant ‘would have been’ in the historical sense, Maria. I was just musing on the fact that I would probably have had more fun and adventure when I was young had I not listened to the older generation telling me how important it was to be mature, be responsible, work hard – all that kind of stuff. The actuality of a life consists of nothing but memory once it’s over, and it’s possible my bag of memories would be that bit more interesting. Not that it matters.

As for where I would be now, I have no idea. None of us can know what the consequences would be of changing one thing in our history. It’s one reason why there’s no point in regretting anything – except, perhaps, to take a lesson. In that case, once the lesson is learned, regret becomes fully redundant.