TIME MACHINE

Is there a real Doraemon? I envy Nobita for he have this friend who can give him anything that he desires. Anything seems to be in Doraemon’s pocket. If along the way, I bumped into Doraemon, I will ask him just one thing. I’ll ask him to lend me his time machine.

Doraemon and his time machine

There are times that I wanted to go back to time. To express unsaid appreciation, to take back hurtful words, to give way to emotions outpouring, and to do or to undo the things that were supposed or not supposed to be done.

In sci-fi movies, more often than not, there are time machines. They send their agents to the past to fix things so that future can be assured. Or they send people to the future so that catastrophes are eliminated. Having these kind of movies makes me think that a lot of people thought of this: TIME MACHINE is the key!

Long have I wanted for a time machine. I wanted a time machine to go back to my past to say the words that I hadn’t say because I’m too proud. Or because I thought it isn’t the right time yet. I wanted a time machine to undo the things that keep me hurting in the present. I wanted a time machine to look into my future, to find out if I have lived my life right so that when I go back to my present I can worry no more. I wanted to peek into my future to see who I’ll grow old with, and when I go back in the present all I have to do is to find the one. I wanted a time machine to see the winning number combination to win the lottery so that I can do anything. Sky is the limit.

But there is no such thing. But there is God.

The want to time machine brings me to want a new idea. ACCEPTANCE. Accept the fact that I have been coward to say sorry, that I have been careless to my words and actions. That at one point in my life I have been selfish and hurt people.

Accept the things that are done. Accept the consequences. Accept, move on and make it a pact to never do the same mistakes again. Make it a promise that at no point in your life you will be needing a time machine again. Because you learned to say things carefully and do things rightfully.

We are not perfect. And we will never be. Acceptance is a very pure idea. Only with God that it could be possible. 

So instead maybe of looking for Doraemon, I will just ask God not to lend me his time machine but to instill in me the serenity prayer.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.