The Divine Reversal.

We are gifted with the ability to dream. Dreams are the product of our thoughts hidden deep inside, within the crypts of our subconsciousness. When we dream, there could be a moment when we know we are in control, when we feel we have the absolute power to twist the story that is unfolding in front of us, when we are in a state of realization. We try to bend the situation as we like, so that we can eventually get what we yearned in the first place. We love to play God. Through dreams and thoughts we wish we had the power to mold reality, to have control over time; As the need to play God is driven by the need for change. May it be the past or the future.

We have all experienced the sudden jolts of memories of things we regret doing, which comes rushing to our minds like how the thunder lights up the whole sky for an instant, accompanied by the loud roar of regret which sinks in moments later. Oh how we wish we could go back in time and change it. Sometimes what we regret is not what we could have done, but what could be if we had tried to stop ourselves from doing it. We hurt others through actions and words, mostly without asking ourselves how it would provide us with redemption from whatever that caused it. Sometimes we hurt with the intention to. A type of forced empathy in one way; we believe the person needs to feel the pain as you do, so that they realize the magnitude of their actions. After all, anger is a derived emotion, it is born from pain.

Now, before you start to believe that things cannot be changed because they were meant to happen; that’s when the thoughts of what you could have done, or what you could have done differently that will infest your head like a poltergeist. From what we deem as small things, like offering help to someone in need; to what we infer as empathy when we show the willingness to sacrifice our own comforts to make someone else’s life better. We all have memories to look back in life, when we wish we could have shown the power to initiate; as initiation requires the strongest will. Before you actually help someone, you must find it in your heart to evaluate the purpose of helping the one in need.

Unfortunately, time travel is not real. Even if all the movies and books we read tell us otherwise. We all have regrets. Regrets are hardwired into human thinking. Other species of predators, when they chase their prey and fail, they move on to the next one. There is no room for regrets, because ego seems to hardly be a problem when compared to hunger and sustenance. We often let our decisions be adulterated by feelings.

So since there is no time machine. Can you really escape this labyrinth of regrets from overwhelming you, not letting you sleep or let you deviate your mind into happier, more pleasant thoughts?. We might need to consider the fact that it is not in fact the situation, but the thought regarding it that bothers us more. So how do we silence the loud echoes of regrets?

We often use the word karma in context. But do we really embrace the true meaning of the word? Not really. As simple as it is, all we need to know about it is ‘What we do is what we get’. As we often use the phrase ‘settling the score’. Maybe even God himself has a way of settling the score. Every action that we involve in, we are judged, we are evaluated. It’s not without reason ‘life is a test’ came into fruition.

Passing this test means that we make peace with the good and bad that we have participated in throughout our life. We must learn to embrace the regrets we have in life, at the same time we must do all the good that we believe is possible for us, and could make a small or a significant change in someone’s life. I have always claimed that helping others could make me a very kind and helpful person in the third person’s eyes but as someone who respects and embraces the idea of karma, helping others is in fact a rather selfish act. For all the things we do, what we do when we believe no one is looking, what we do when we want to hurt, when we are hurt ourselves and is blinded by the feeling of anger and pain; We need to assure ourselves that we are not bad, in fact not as bad as our actions suggest at times. Hence a helpful act we believe neutralizes the bad we have committed with or without our knowledge, because the willingness to live and move forward comes from you telling yourself that as a person you have improved, when compared to yesterday.

We are humans. We make mistakes. We do things which could negatively affect another being or negatively influence a situation. We do not yet have a escape route in the form of time travel. But it is time for vindication. Small actions of care and empathy, sacrifice your seat for someone older struggling to find balance, get a cup of warm water for your friend who is sick. And most importantly, do not underestimate the value of a true smile. It is yet another human tendency to expect something in return for whatever they do. We have become computers when we expect an output for every inputs we give. We expect a reward, may it be material or ‘exclusive feelings’. If a warm smile is the output you receive for your small act of kindness and care, keep it close to your heart and choose to remember it whenever you feel the need for it.

Let’s live better so that we keep the scores even.

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