on choices, or failure to make one

which would you prefer, regret something that you did, or something that you didn't? there's no right or wrong here, it's just a matter of choice. maybe half the world wouldn't agree with me if i say to regret something that you did is better, and maybe, im going to regret writing down the reasons why. time will tell.

anybody surely had his moment where he had to make a choice, to act or not to act. but does inaction really fall under choice? do you choose not to do anything? the consequence of an action comes later, its justification of right or wrong can wait. what im saying is, above anything at all, what difference did you make?

i know how one's action can make matters worse, but it might be for the better sometimes. it's a gamble. if there is hope of doing it right, why not take the risk of doing something wrong? hope is a powerful word, because it has given people strength to do things thought to be impossible before. martin luther king jr had hope, gandhi too, and almost anyone with their names written down in history. these people knew the odds were agaisnt them, but they did something, and that made a difference. to have the courage to make a difference is not about gambling anymore, it's about hope. and that hope might make up for the mistake your about to make. no doubt, such mistake is costly, but if there's a cause, then that settles it.

then we come to the question of existence. it's simple, this one. say, you were there, you could have done something, anything, and yet, you did nothing. wouldnt it be the same if you weren't there in the first place? failure to act is failure to exist. a mistake or a success, marks your place in history, doesnt matter if people hated you or not. the world wouldn't be the same without you, and that's all that is there to it. proof of existence. you may not be the one with the true purpose of life, but you have justified your presence somewhere in humanity. you have the right to say "been there, done that".