if i could turn back time, i would...
By donnakristel
@donnakristel (1704)
Philippines
January 18, 2010 8:16pm CST
did you ever wish that you ca hit the pause or rewind in your life?
for me, yes, i want to hit rewind. i want to choose better choices and change the decisions i made in my life.
-like what course to take in college
-like having relationships
-choices of friends
-and many more.
i wish i can change it.
how about you?
if ever you have the power to rewind things, what scene of your life would it be?
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10 responses
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
Well, there is always this thought of going back in time and perhaps change the mistakes we did along the way. I too have this thought. There were some decisions that I made that perhaps I could say... What if I choose the other way.. Its more of a question rather than regrets. I do love my life now. In other words, I never regretted my decisions but still, there is the thought of what if?
@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
20 Jan 10
hahhaha...
i do not know who started the "what ifs" statements...
but it is really influential.
@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
thanks for responding!
good for you. but the thought of what ifs still linger. have a nice day. chill.
@shell2784 (752)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I'd really like to meet the person that created the phrase "what if" and punch him right in the stomach! haha
What ifs I think get to everyone from time to time. And they are a B!tch! haha
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@shell2784 (752)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I kind if wish I could turn back time... I could save myself and a lot of loved ones from heartache... but at the same time, I'm glad that I've had the experiences I've had in life. Sure, I've became friends with people who turned out to be real Aholes - if had great relationships and I've had crappy relationships. I've been sued, scammed, lost jobs, found jobs, lost friends, made friends, needed help, helped others, loved, laughed, cried, screamed, i've hit rock bottom and I've seen cloud 9!
I think we learn from everything in one way or another... if you can reflect on what you see as bad choices, positively.
Like, just because me and my best friend of 5 years (and I mean attached at the hips kind of friend) had a huge fight and don't talk anymore... regardless of who did wrong and what not - I dn't have to despise her! I can think of the awesome things she's taught me, and be thankful for all the times she was there when I truely needed her - all the times I was there for her when she didn't have anyone else to turn to. I remeniss about our good times, and from time to time cry over the bad... but I don't let life's horrors hold me back. I've had boyfriends cheat on me and beat on me, lie thru their teeth on a daily basis. And yes, I stuck around way too long in those instances, but I don't regret being in them.
I've taught myself that I'm so much stronger and determined then I ever imagined i could be. I've learned love, compassion, lust, greed, hunger, strife, depression, respect, courtesy... and a whole slew of other things.
I'll stick with all the decisions I've made - they may not have always been the best in the long run... but they were the best in the moment! I've had a wild ride... and I'm lovin' every day of it!! :)
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@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
thanks for responding.
you have a point. they made your life a wild ride. hurtful experiences serve as a learning experience.
i hope i can have that positive outlook in life.
@shell2784 (752)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I hope you can too! Learning to be positive is the greatest lesson I've ever learned.
I can find humor in anything to get me thru it temporarily! I love that too :)
Good luck! And I'm always here if you need someone to chat with.
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@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
thanks shell.
i am learning a lot from you. i appreciate that you here to chat with me.
@coolcat123 (4387)
• India
19 Jan 10
yes, many a times i feel that i could go into the past and change a few things but not like you, i dont want to change my friends or any decisions. .I believe that i have done perfect with my life and its going great.
I want to visit past to see my grandparents whom i have never seen.
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
Yes once in it is granted to be happen i wish that i could go back to my teenage life. I will change all my mistakes and do it again correctly. I'll go back to change my decision in relationship. In many things that i made mistakes. It is inside of me what i really want to change in my life if God has permitted me to go back time. Thank you so much to have a topic like this because it sometimes gives us the chance to go back at least to a minute of our life. Thank you and have a nice day!
@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
thanks for responding. as we all know, it is impossible. but hey. we can wish for it. :-)
@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
21 Jan 10
How I wish I could turn back time again when I was in high school and college days. I miss my friends and I miss my life when I'm still studying. We can't change our mistakes and failure before but it is a learning experiences to us to face the challenges and trials in lifes. When I'm alone sometimes I'm also reminiscing what happened in my life in the past years.
@sender621 (14893)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I wish that I had the power to turn back time. it would be great. I know i could have made better career choices for myself. The opportunity to change that would be awesome. I would also bring my husband back to me.
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@dhysanne (449)
• Philippines
20 Jan 10
I sometimes think of this things before I go to sleep at night or sometimes when I wake up in the morning, or when I feel upset of my life. If I can turn back the time, and wish the power to rewind things. I will got back to my high school days. I will study hard and follow my parents advise rather than friends, although their good ones. Make good grades. Choose the right things, make good decisions. Enjoy my high school love. Continue my first choice course, be inspired with my family and friends, get good grades. Make the right move to my love life, choose the right guy, avoid hesitations and be open to my family. Choose the right career and get a good job. And have my own family. (I'm still single right now). And always think of what is right in making decisions. Have a nice day!
@elokps (138)
• Indonesia
19 Jan 10
if i could turn back the time i wish i will back when i was in college because at that time i was so much in love with a guy and he also loved me but don't know why suddenly he left me and didn't want to see me anymore. Even when I met him that time he didn't want to say anything to me so it still makes me curious until now why he did that to me. I need explanation from him but he never wanted to tell me. that was so sad and until now i'm still curious.when i meet him someday i will ask about it again.
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@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
i am so sorry about your love story. i can still sense that you are in pain. but hopefully, you can ask him one day what happened to your life.
@jhess3366 (67)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I would love to turn back time and change all of the mistakes I have made in life, but if given the choice, I dont think I really would. I am generally happy with where I am in life, and I have only gotten there through my struggles and learning from the outcomes of each and every choice. Mistakes need to be made to learn. And we are who we are despite the bad things that happen to us, or the bad things that we may do.
@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
thanks for responding. but given a chance, would you? lol
just a little bit?
@jengkol (116)
• Indonesia
19 Jan 10
if I could turn back time, I would show more love to my parents and I would go back to college time, I will study harder and graduate very fast. it sure would made my parents and me happier :D.
well there is no chance that we can turn back time rite, so what we need to do is just do our best rite now this minutes, we are live in present time not in the past or future time. let our past experiences, faliur, glory etc, makes us stronger, but dont ever live in the past
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@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
thanks for your advice.
yes, we don't need to live in the past. I'll remember that.