tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11627588.post7620956679863268111..comments2023-08-23T03:26:38.766-07:00Comments on KCAC lives!: NO REGRETSJimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09643496681251710136noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11627588.post-88026597617165360192007-06-10T14:09:00.000-07:002007-06-10T14:09:00.000-07:00Actually the song is filled with regrets, or at le...Actually the song is filled with regrets, or at least with conflicting emotions that imply some regrets. The verses lay them out; the chorus denies them. Both are equally true. Such is life, right? You move forward, you look back. Hopefully you don't turn into a pillar of salt. <BR/><BR/>When I go hiking in the wilderness areas of Arizona and Utah (which I do as often as time, finances, and my aching bones allow), something called "canyon syndrome" inevitably sets in. I enter a canyon - sometimes moving upstream, sometimes downstream, it doesn't matter - and I keep going, always wanting to see what's around the next bend. "Come on" I say to my companions (or to myself), "let's go around one more bend, maybe another quarter-mile, tops." Then, once around that bend, "just one more. Another quarter-mile. I mean it this time." It's a lie, an excuse to keep moving forward. But you have to backsight occasionally. You have to measure how far you've come, see important landmarks from different perspectives, and keep your options open should you become lost or hurt or stopped by some obstacle. No regrets about moving forward, but always aware of what's behind you, and trying to learn from what you see when you look back.<BR/><BR/>THAT'S what the song is about. It's not really about regrets, or the lack of regrets; it's about moving on without forgetting, and acknowledging the past without being ruled by it. A pretty good metaphor for our journey through life, right? And for the purposes of this blog, as well.<BR/><BR/>I'll have a couple of new postings soon. And Ron, I hope you will too.<BR/><BR/>Tom<BR/><BR/>(PS - wtach forTom Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05500489474089709179noreply@blogger.com