Thursday, January 21, 2010

Do over?

This is the kind of thought that occurs to you when you realize that you have hit the midpoint of a reasonable expectation of your life span (or the 2/3rds point if family history is any guide...).

If you could have your life to date over again (without any foreknowledge once you start over, of course) or you could have the remainder of your life, whatever that might turn out to be, which would you choose? Certainty or uncertainty?
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