Today's thought:
The world does not have a ctrl-z function.
This is a kind of nerdy way to state an obvious thing; obvious to most people anyway. You can not undo that which has been done. Although you can hit ctrl-z on your computer, undoing the last action, you can not do so in life. The actions you take have repercussions, they have effect on the world, and those effects have effect as well. Some things look like they can be undone, you can tear down a wall, but remember that you can't un-build it. The resources were still used and free movement was for a time suspended. You can fix a broken window, but you can't un-break it. You can clean up pollution, but you can't un-pollute. And although you may pay for your crimes or even seek forgiveness for them, but you can't un-commit them. This knowledge throws a monkey wrench in most religions for me, but but the fact remains that the world does not have an undo.
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