I have always felt that sadness is the thing which gets remembered at the end...
Interestingly, my own brother was surprised to hear this statement and replied that for him happiness is the thing which gets remembered...

Maybe, generalization doesn't work then.

If we look back in life, one ends up seeing quite a few life altering moments...these moments would've moved life from x lane to y lane....and at later times, one does really end up wondering or maybe wishing how life would've been, if the moment resulted in continuing in x lane itself.

Now, this doesn't mean one is regretting the y lane path or maybe, one does regret a bit but learnt to take up life as it goes or as it comes...

Maybe, this lane change was for one's real good...but then, i guess it's our own convincing or rather consoling point. Because, when we have never continued in x lane, how can we compare that with current y lane?

Anyway these are the moments, which really forces one to believe in Karma... Because, sometimes, at the end of the day, no matter how much ever one tries, it just doesn't happen at the right time. No matter, how well one is prepared and give in their 100%, there are just some random factors involved and hence results in these events. It makes one skeptical as what more can be done after giving in 100%. And this results in one questioning oneself as whether the 100% was infact right at the first place, which inturn leads to self doubt...

And when the moment is lost, one wonders what's the point in trying again? Because, the collapse of that moment would've had a spiralling effect over many other things... one ends up really picking up the pieces.

Maybe, this is where hope comes into picture...

Anyway, just because one is living, it doesn't mean that there are no wounds...
Maybe, one is yet to find the right cure...

The problem with these life altering events is, it slowly erodes away the innocence of an individual, forces one to reality and inturn turns the person into a practical, skeptical human being. It makes one skeptical to the extent that the person believes that good things never happen and even if it happens, it's out of pure luck.

hmmm....maybe, it's time to stop ruminating over these thoughts...

Here is a nice coldplay song in slightly similar lines :)