Why?

I've just watched a programme about Peter Cook, and ended up in tears. I wasn't a particular fan of Peter Cook, but the programme was full of evidence about how unhappy he was, and how many people loved and admired him. And I started wondering why anyone ends up so unhappy that they drink themselves to death, and fail to do all the things they could have done with their lives. And I'm not one to say that things should be done just because you can, but I think that they should be if the not doing them leaves you so unhappy that you can't cope.

The last scene was Peter Cook and Dudley Moore walking off into the distance, and I though how sad that two brilliant people should have died before their time. I don't want anyone to be that unhappy, and I would dearly love to be able to do something, anything to help anyone who is, but I don't think I am that sort of person.

So perhaps the message for me is to try not to regret anything, and if there is anything I want to do, if I would regret not having done it (rather than regretting having done it), I should do it, because the moment may pass quicker than I might think.

My word that was a lot of passive subjunctive stuff (at least I think it was). I shall go and drink tea.  ¶ 10:49 PM