If you can turn back time, what will you change?
By beeh13u
@beeh13u (1037)
Philippines
October 22, 2010 8:44pm CST
Again, I had loved and lost love in my life. Not unusual ,eh?
But after a guy left me from our relationship last week, I always think of turning back the clock. I think of what if I did this, I didn't do this, I went that way, I went the other way, what if I called him , etc.
It is too late to change now since he doesn't love me anymore. If it's possible to have Hermione Granger's timeturner (from Harry Potter 3), I'll undo the wrong things I did.
If you can turn back time, what situation will you change in your life?
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9 responses
@piggy1987 (63)
• China
23 Oct 10
if i can turn back time, i think i might study harder than i used to in middle school. i am now in high school and i find that knowledge from middle school which i always forgot and need to learn it again.
and also maybe i would insist on playing piano which i gave up when i was young.
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@piggy1987 (63)
• China
24 Oct 10
actually i started playing piano this year and i forgot most of them.
thank you, i won't give up studying. i will try my best to do it.
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@beeh13u (1037)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
I almost gave up playing the piano because of some ghost in the house. Every night we can hear the piano playing. The ghost was very insulting. He repeats every wrong keys I hit in the piano. But that was 8 years ago. I started playing last year.
It is not too late to give up studying. Some people I knew weren't that serious during high school (we don't have middle school here). But when we turned college, I heard one of my friend was a striving hard to earn a good grade. We never really thought she was that smart. Maybe something inspired her to reach her dreams.
@deriellevc73 (982)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
hello beeh13u!
it has been said, "we only live once, but if we live right, once is enough". This maxim may have been the basis of everyone who is pining to have a second chance at life, to correct the mistakes we have done in the past.
If i can turn back time, i think i would have like to give priority to my career and would have never married my ex-husband, which was the biggest mistake i ever made in my life. on the other hand, changing the past, would also alter a lot of things in my present which i don't really wanna change, like my kids.
changing even a minuet detail in our past can have so big an impact in our future that we may not like the outcome at all. Just for this, i would not mind to have the life i have now, since past is already past and i have to tend to the present and the future. there's no use pining for what we can't change since we tend to lose our focus on the present, which is the gift for us to do as we like, in order to have a future that we envision for ourselves.
@beeh13u (1037)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
What a beautiful piece to write. I don't even know what to say. But here it goes.
Yes, even a small change in the past can make a huge difference to the present/future. I sometimes I think if I made a different move or decision, will I have a life that is much happier than today?
But if fate drives our life, then let fate do its thing.
@ibrahim9140 (36)
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23 Oct 10
This one is interesting to discuss, see one thing that i would like to change is that i never fell in love and never got close to all the people that hurt me but if you think wisely say if you never was close to this people how would you have ever realised that early in your life that it's not good to be close with everyone. the truth of life is everyone is going to hurt you someday you just got to find the one that's worth getting hurt for.
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@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
If that will happen i would like to change the whole of me. From being a child of one year of age up to when i got marriage. Then also after marriage i need to go back time when i'm at my mother's womb so she will born me at a perfect age now.
@chrystaltears (3392)
• United States
23 Oct 10
I would have definitely gotten into the medical field as a career. It's unbelievable how much my daughter makes. And if she wants a change, she has offers from everywhere. I myself, got into the business field.
I also would have had more than one child. You need that when you become older. To have more children and grandchildren. They are your delight in life when time goes by. Because that original family, mom, dad, brothers, sisters, well they start leaving us one after the other. And you have to go on.
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@beeh13u (1037)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
That is a sad story. I am a nurse and we know that nurses are paid good. Before I don't want that career but I was forced physically by my parents. So I have no choice. But I was surprised I excelled in the field of nursing. My parents didn't turn back time, but they made sure I won't end up with the mistakes they did. I have 3 sisters and a brother and we don't talk to each other. It saddens me that maybe in the future, we will treat each other like strangers. But life must go on.
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
Well there are a lot of things that I want to change and such. But thinking about them will not change anything.
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@beeh13u (1037)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
Thinking about it won't change anything. You must DO something to make it happen. I am not the person who expects things to happen on its own. I am the one who makes sure it will happen.
I remembered what my Ex-boyfriend used to say. Expect this, expect that, expect those. But I don't like to expect because it is a lazy thing to do. He said 'expect we'll get married someday' then I told him 'don't expect anything because you'll be frustrated in then end'. I think that was one thing he broke up with me. But just a week ago I told him what I meant by that. I don't want to expect but I try to make things happen.
@doniinjak (73)
• Indonesia
23 Oct 10
If I can back time, i want more give my parents happiness, brothers and to give happiness to all. And If can turn back time, I will finish my school in college. If I can turn back time I would look for better jobs than at this time. But it was just a dream because everything has happened. Keep Moving All.. Welcome my Future.
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@beeh13u (1037)
• Philippines
23 Oct 10
Don't be down. Keep moving forward. I was inspired by Disney's movie Meet the Robinsons. Even though he was an orphan, he was born a genius. He longed to see his mother. But later he decided not to see his mothers face because he is happy of his future life. I hope you watched this movie.
@doubledawn (69)
• Canada
23 Oct 10
I read a quote once, and please forgive me because I forget who said it, but it went something like, If I had to live my life over again, I would only make different mistakes.
We can't go back again, and even if we did, we probably couldn't change anything if we wanted to. The thing is, you are looking back with the experience and knowledge that you gained by having the experience, so without that knowledge, you wouldn't have the insight to do anything differently.
We are instinct driven creatures and largely act on how we feel at the time. If you knew then what you know now? It probably wouldn't help you as much as you think it would. You might not have fallen in love at all.
It's a better idea to think, next time I will...and at least learn from the past. You can't go back, but you can go forward with a new attitude and a few of life's tougher lessons under your belt.
@beeh13u (1037)
• Philippines
24 Oct 10
In reality, we can't turn back time but we can stop committing the same mistakes all over again. But what bothers me the most, is when I don't do those mistakes, people actually tell me I did it again and again. I don't know what I did wrong. I guess I have to assess my self first before committing to a relationship.
@darkshala321 (42)
• Vietnam
23 Oct 10
I will change my attitude to everyone i meet. I always be angry with my parent, my friends, my teacher. I will have fun with all of the people i have ever met. But now, it too late, i can't change my life. The time never return, i know it. Now, i don't know how to get sympathy from the people around me.
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