There is a new TV series which has caught Dear Husband's eye, called "Flash Forward". Essentially, the story is about how the world blacked out AT THE SAME TIME, everyone, for 2 minutes and 17 seconds. In this short time, almost everyone is shown a scene from their own future,not now but in 6 months time, the date of 29 April, 2010.
It is an interesting "what if?" show. One of the characters in the show saw herself with a man, not her husband in that future vision; her husband saw a vision of someone plotting ot kill him. I could not help but thought to myself, what if it was me having the glimpse into my future?
If I do see a glimpse of my future, would I change the way I live my life now?
Would each of the decisions I make as a working mother change?
Would I scold my kids less and forgive myself more?
Would I work less and play more?
Would I be relaxed more and let go of control more?
Would I want less and be happy more?
What if I were to die tomorrow? What would I do then?
These are great questions to ask myself as a modern working mother. I then to be bogged down by the day to day that I forget to look at the big picture. What really matters in the end?
In a way, Randy Pausch "glimpsed" into his future when he discovered his terminal disease. And he decided to live life to the fullest, for himself and with his family, for the rest of his lives. And since my end could come 50 years later, or it could come tomorrow, can I start living my life to the fullest too? Can I try to have more happy memories with my wife and children?
ReplyDeleteWhen my mum passed away a few years back, it hit me that life REALLY is unpredictable. Anything can happen. I guess given the 'what if' questions, we will all arrive at the same answers : more time with family and less on work, pursue our interests, go traveling... But we often forget these in the daily routines of meeting deadlines, getting the kids to do their homework, etc etc. So we really have to try and remind ourselves constantly.
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