Many of us would probably want to have an opportunity like this: to go back in time and re-live our past, our childhood. Hiroshi was given just that luck. At age 48, he went back to age 14.
Sometimes, I wonder whether or not our lives would really be considered “boring” or “crappy,” while our lives could very well be considered great and lucky.
From time to time, for many of those who experience “mid-life crisis,” or those who are usually in their mid-40’s – 50’s, they’d like to go back in time and see how their lives would have been like if they had done something else or chosen some other path, but sad to say, we don’t have that opportunity.
Life has its ups and downs, but it’s not heaven. We have the greatest gift possible already, which is having a life, living our lives. As Hiroshi sees himself re-live his teenage years, he discovers at the end that by knowing what “will” happen, he still cannot change some decisions and events to be made. By re-living his past, his future is still in-tact.
It isn’t so much as to trying to change our lives by going to the past, that’s why it’s called “history.” It’s done. What matters most is what lies ahead of us, the future.
Our lives are not changed and cannot be changed by trying to see what “would have been,” but rather “what will be.” We cannot change or alter the future by our past, but by the present. We ourselves are the ones who can make a difference in our lives, can make the future better; just like how Mr. Robinson says it, “Keep moving forward.”
Life is Good! Life is very sweet! 