I’m typing this on a newly reprogrammed desk top computer. After the family PC succumbed to thousands of viruses, my cousin had no choice but to erase everything and reprogram the computer. All files are gone now. Some of my short stories, prayers from favorite saints, family pictures downloaded from the digital camera…Everything.
I wonder if I can do that with my life. If only I can reprogram and erase the mistakes that I’ve done. Or boot out all the not-so-pleasing memories and refresh all.
I have no regrets losing some of my files in this computer. If this happened five years ago I could have panicked and get depressed but now I couldn’t care less. All of my writings are expressed feelings anyway. They are pent up emotions that I have decided to throw out of my system. In a way they’re garbage that I need to let out however nice they may seem to be to read.
What is important is that I can start anew. I remember that anecdote about Thomas Edison that I read when I was in high school. When he was old, General Electronics was ravaged by fire. With his son, they looked at the great flames devouring all the things he worked hard for the past years. He suddenly beamed and asked his son to bring his wife to the site. He supposedly said, “She will never see something like this again in her life.” After noticing his son’s confused demeanor, he explained. “All of it is gone. Even the mistakes that I have made are gone. Now we can start anew.”
Learning from the wisdom of Thomas Edison, I start writing again the pieces of me in this PC. So Doogey Hauser.
Written: December 3, 2008
Wednesday, 7:39 pm
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