"All around me, I see people drifting through life like it is endless free credit. Never taking stock of their mistakes, never owning the consequences until it is too late. Unless you act while you can, unless you humble yourself and make amends, life will not wait to remind you. Some might think that retconning into the fun is automatic, but it is not; it is a privilege for those who actually make good choices."
"Take responsibility now, or you will discover later that the system does not negotiate, it rewrites you into the story you refused to lead. Acts of acknowledgment, small gestures of repair, and genuine apologies are the only things that unlock the softer side of consequence. Refusing humility will not stop the world from reshaping you, it will just ensure the rewrite is harsher, more ironic, and less fun."
People drift through life treating time and opportunity like endless credit, failing to inventory mistakes or accept consequences until it is too late. Immediate action, humility, and amends prevent harsher outcomes and enable reintegration into preferable narratives. Retconning into a better life is not automatic; it is granted to those who make responsible choices. The system enforces change if obligations are ignored, rewriting roles without negotiation. Acts of acknowledgment, small repairs, and sincere apologies soften consequences. Refusing humility only provokes more severe, ironic, and less pleasant reshaping by external forces unwilling to show mercy.
Read at Portland Mercury
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