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The interesting topic of regrets came up during a discussion in the club today, and I had to defer and say I would have to think about it.
I thought I had no regrets, as I have lived my life so far to the fullest, but on further musing over a glass of chablis I have to retract that opinion. Of all the things one would have assumed I should, by rights, regret, there is not one I actually do; not Wimbledon 1988 (or was it 89?) or the case of Himegawa's pedigree Pomeranian and the swimming pool, or, for that matter, Sakura's wedding. No, to be idle is a short road to death and the way of life is diligence.
If anything, what my life was lacking was more music. Four hours should have been six, or eight. I should have pushed myself to my very limits in tennis always and never come back from them. I was meant to challenge all those who ever caught my curiousity, regardless of age or gender or class, and while I did most, I have let myself down more than them by deferring at times.
Tch. I dislike waxing philosophical. It shows my age.
I thought I had no regrets, as I have lived my life so far to the fullest, but on further musing over a glass of chablis I have to retract that opinion. Of all the things one would have assumed I should, by rights, regret, there is not one I actually do; not Wimbledon 1988 (or was it 89?) or the case of Himegawa's pedigree Pomeranian and the swimming pool, or, for that matter, Sakura's wedding. No, to be idle is a short road to death and the way of life is diligence.
If anything, what my life was lacking was more music. Four hours should have been six, or eight. I should have pushed myself to my very limits in tennis always and never come back from them. I was meant to challenge all those who ever caught my curiousity, regardless of age or gender or class, and while I did most, I have let myself down more than them by deferring at times.
Tch. I dislike waxing philosophical. It shows my age.