I was watching Miami Ink and I realized two things.
1. If I don't get a tattoo, in ten years I'll be glad that I didn't.
2. If I do get a tattoo, in ten years I'll be glad that I did.
Maybe that's really only one thing, and it isn't just about tattoos. It's a mistake to believe that for every choice there's a right answer and a wrong one, one that will make us happy and one that will make us sad, one that we'll regret and one we'll feel good about. The choices we make shape not just what will happen to us, but also the kind of people we'll become.
Sometimes that means you can literally do no wrong and any choice will be the right one. It's not just that both options are good, only one can be at any given time, but the act of choosing itself transforms you so that you'll be the right kind of person for the outcome you chose. In the interest of balance though, I suppose there also doomed choices where any decision will be the wrong one, and then you're really fucked.
1. If I don't get a tattoo, in ten years I'll be glad that I didn't.
2. If I do get a tattoo, in ten years I'll be glad that I did.
Maybe that's really only one thing, and it isn't just about tattoos. It's a mistake to believe that for every choice there's a right answer and a wrong one, one that will make us happy and one that will make us sad, one that we'll regret and one we'll feel good about. The choices we make shape not just what will happen to us, but also the kind of people we'll become.
Sometimes that means you can literally do no wrong and any choice will be the right one. It's not just that both options are good, only one can be at any given time, but the act of choosing itself transforms you so that you'll be the right kind of person for the outcome you chose. In the interest of balance though, I suppose there also doomed choices where any decision will be the wrong one, and then you're really fucked.
clockworkcrow:
that's true but sometimes you've got to say fuck it i'm getting a tattoo.
chainlink:
thx 4 the D