Life is funny. If we were always cognizant of missing the chances that were right in front of our faces, we'd never have any regrets. Unfortunately, we decide to skip that concert, that because traffic into Chicago is just too much to deal with tonight, and I have school tomorrow, and Blind Melon will be around forever.
But they never stay around. All the bands we thought would make us jump around like idiots, all the comics that we thought would make us laugh out loud, they're gone before we get a chance to see them. People we thought we'd grow old with, disappear without saying goodbye.
This is the world we live in. And we have to make the most of it while we're here, otherwise we're just wasting the life we have. There are cemeteries full of people who'd love for a just a tenth of the life that we currently do nothing with. But honestly, what are we to do? We have to go to work that we don't doing, to support families we don't always appreciate and to buy things we often take for granted.
But isn't that life? Should we be regretful for doing the same thing that everyone throughout time has done before us? The best we can hope for is to make our life a little more meaningful than the one that came before. Maybe we can be a little more nicer, a little more empathetic. And maybe that'll get carried on down to the next generation. Or not.
I'm just sad that I missed seeing Blind Melon live. And Alice in Chains. I still have a chance to see Chuck Berry, but at 90, am I sure I want to see him? Of course I'm sure. I'd be an idiot not to. It's Chuck Berry! The king of rock 'n roll, which is arguably my favorite form of rock and/or rolling!
The point of what I'm saying is that if you have the chance to do something you've always wanted to do, you should take it. And if you have the chance to do something you've never wanted to do, you should take that too. Because you never know what you'll regret in the future. I'm glad I saw Iron Maiden in concert in 2013. I don't know how much longer they'll be able to tour. I hope forever, but that can't really be the case. And it was everything I could have ever wanted from a concert. We just have to take the moments that pass our way as we're able.
I don't miss Drowning Pool though. I hope that doesn't make me a bad person.