Today, I rolled over 217712 miles in my car. I didn't drive all those miles personally, but every mile I've driven has been unique. Even if the miles retread the places I've already been, or the places I go constantly, each mile is special. Why is 217712 so special? Because it mirrors itself.
Humans tend to take special notice of huge round numbers? 1,000 miles, 2,000 miles, 10,000 miles, 100,000 miles. Or repeated numbers 111,111, 22,222.
What makes mile 217712 more special than 217711? Nothing at all. A strange combination of numbers I'd personally like to think means something. But the deities help me if it has any real power over my life. Mile 217711 will never be the same as mile 217712, and mile 217713 will never be like 217711 was. Each mile is absolutely unique. We think the round numbers are special. We think repeated numbers are special. In the end though, we can't get sentimental over every mile.
Today, I rolled over another special mile marker. It is absolutely unique and I can never go back. But the very nature of time, is never being able to go back. Nothing returns to how it was; it can't.
Never take anything back. Never regret.
