Dear reader,
Come here, get next to the fire :).
A boy squats over the tide. In the reflection of water he sees himself, and his reflection sees him. The boy stirs the sand with his finger, and the reflection does the same. Then something extraordinary happens. The boy watches his reflection get up from where it is sitting and wanders to the other side of the shore. There it builds a sand castle. Not a castle we would expect from a little boy; it has intricate towers, a drawbridge, a moat, several layers of wall and a throne. The boy still squatting, stops and watches in awe. He watches long after the night falls; after his parents call him back; after the very tides in the reflection wash the castle away; after the boy in the sea is gone.
This came to me while reading about the multi-verse theory, or parallel universes. These are realities that mirror our own with some similarity but have significant changes in variables.
Our boy is stirring sand with his finger, the boy in the parallel universe is building a castle. Both boys are identical, but what makes them different is the choice they made. The boy in the reflection was born from choice. With every decision, infinite realities are created. One universe where the boy sat down, the other where he decided to build a castle, one universe perhaps where he never went to the beach to begin with, and so on and so forth.
This idea came to me while procrastinating. Hah! Of all places :). If we pre-suppose that all of us have another version of ourselves somewhere in the universe, doing the opposite of what we are doing, surely then we are better to be competing with them, rather than other people? This is a more healthy and encouraging form of competition.
I see this as the most motivating thing for me this year, and I hope you can see some light in it too. :) It's a lot better advice than just "Work harder, do better next year". It takes a little imagination, but when you start to think of all of the choices we make in our lives, and that the accumulation of those decisions govern where we are today- it makes me wonder. What is the other boy in the reflection capable of? I imagine that the boy couldn't believe his eyes when his reflection sculpted this castle!
The choice is either to take action in this life, to build, to create something of ourselves. while our "other" in the reflection does not. I find if you choose to believe that the "other" you exists, it is far more motivating to think that someone else is reaping the benefits from your wrong choices, and he is doing so right now. That jerk. :)
Regret therefore, makes sense. It is the realization that there is another you kicking your butt out there. I see it like the bridge between you and your other self. That's the only thing you have in common with the "other" you. Both of you regret certain things, times where you made him or her win, and these times often stay with us more than the victories. My thought for you today! People say live life with "no regrets". I say, listen to those regrets, and say to yourself- "I won't feel like this again".
Think beyond work :) Think of everything you do in this life. One boy who chooses chocolate, rather than some fresh fruit. A girl who chooses not to say anything to the guy she fancies at school. The man who chose a safe and stable career over his dream job. The list goes on, and each of those circumstances, one person is happy, the other not. One boy is healthy, one girl is in a happy relationship, one man is living his dreams.
So, as the New Year approaches, let's makes this life, this universe, the better of the two. With all of the negative things in the world happening. Let's beat our"other". For if this theory is true (and believe me, it just a theory :)), the "other" he or she, wants exactly the same thing.
Have a great week, and stay warm. <3
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