What do you want?

There comes a time every year, when one has to wonder... has what we've done been good enough? Have we been successes or failures?

While our past actions carry their part in an assessment such as this, the more important factor to consider is our values. People differ violently from one another, we don't all hold the same things to be important. Some wish to be painfully honest about everything, others consider it best to hold their tongue. There are countless options between the extremes, especially when it comes to the people you hold dear and/or trust. Was it right to stay quiet about your feelings until there was nobody to tell them to? Was it right to push life into a new chapter by leaving behind the previous? Was it right to make a long commitment just in order to not get irritated by inactivity? While we cannot change what we've done, these thoughts are difficult to ignore. Regret may be useless, but that does not mean it will just turn its back and walk away.

So what if we cannot change history? Maybe we can change ourselves in the present to merit a better future? Doubtful. We are what we were and the only way to change what we are is to change the events that happen and/or the environment the events take place in. Changing a single element amongst many is likely to be in vain. The change can be quickly undone or made insignificant. A closed system likes to preserve the Status Quo, compensate for sudden alterations. But motion, of necessity, requires a change of perspective. One cannot change at a standstill.