It is some time since I blogged..
I was
reading an article about 5 great regrets people had at the end of their life.
This left me thinking… what are my regrets? What would I have done differently? It looks
nothing much..
I was a
sickly child. If I am ok for a couple of weeks I would be sick the next week..
nothing serious.. cold..cough..upset stomach ….. Pink of health was not a
phrase I will find in my life history. just a few months before the
preuniversity examinations which decides your career path I had to undergo
appendicectomy and miss classes for over a month. I must have been lucky.. I
got good marks and ended up in the premier engineering college in Kerala. I
never followed a strict exercise
schedule by visiting gyms or yoga classes. Even I was lazy to follow home bound
self help exercise regime. I also had brush with life threatening illnesses; but
I came out successfully. I always joke..all removable organs have been removed
from my body..tonsils, appendix, prostrate, cataract (lens of both eyes). Still
sickness really did not change my life.. So there is no regret in that
direction.
Career
choice and working hard were other two main regrets of many people. When I got
out of the engineering college there were hardly any jobs available. In fact
for almost a year I helped out in my father’s dispensary. So when an opening
came up I grabbed it with both hands. It was a sales mans job.. travelling..
meeting clients which was a bit difficult for me since I was at heart an
introvert..by and by I started to enjoy travelling and meeting people.. it
was a plus point that my family never
objected to my continuous travels (there were times when I was away for 300
days a year). I managed to carve out a career and so even after retirement from
the company after working with them for 36 years I still enjoy travels and
meeting people. So no regrets in this front.
Did I speak
out my mind always? No.. but that I do not regret.
Staying in touch
with friends… this I always did and so this also is not in my regret list.
Did I do
things which made me happy?? I think so even if it meant not conforming what
the society expects.
So
ultimately what regrets I have???????
The only
regret I have is that I trusted most of the people I met…and this did not turn
out correct. I never judged people correctly.. molly as a knack for that.. so
sometimes I follow her instinct… and it helps..
If I get
another chance I will live my life the way I lived already..no change…
