if there is one thing you what to undo in your life, what would it be?

@cherigucchi (14876)
Philippines
March 14, 2013 11:10pm CST
We make some decisions in life. Some of them are good while others are not. Those indecisions usually make us think to have the power to change them. This is just normal especially if that particular decision turn out to be devastating. Have you ever wished to undo one decision in your life?
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16 responses
• United States
16 Mar 13
i use to think all the time..."i wish i could take that back and change it"...but as i have gotten older and realized that everything happenes for a reason i am not intereteed in looking into the past trying to thik of what i would change. your past is what makes you who you are today. your past mistakes is what made you learn a lesson that you can keep with you the rest of your life. a wrong choice in your past is what makes you try harder in your furute. so no i dont think there is anything i would like to go back and undo because then i might not have the great life that i do now...
• United States
16 Mar 13
thank you i have always thought that way and i always will. there is not point on dwelling on the past but use it to your advantage and make the best of it for your future. i dont think about what i want to change from the past because it has alrady happened you cant change that the only thing you can change is your future!!
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
17 Mar 13
I agree with that my friend. We have made mistakes in the past but those made us what we are today. There is no use dwelling on it because it might affect the way we see things in the future. We have to move on
@potash (31)
• China
16 Mar 13
Hi~ I totally agreed with what you said,especially this "your past is what makes you who you are today"
@betlynfrnds (4069)
• United States
15 Mar 13
That's a very good question. I can think of several things I would undo, but the first wrong decision that comes to mind goes back to when I was in high school. I played a musical instrument in the band and it was time for the seating auditions. I practiced very hard and was quite happy with my progress. When the time came for the auditions, it was SO VERY CLEAR that my performance was better than all the others. I'm not bragging here but it is true. Everyone that heard me play agreed that I really nailed the musical piece. However, I had a bad feeling that it wouldn't matter how good I performed. One of the other band members was the band director's little teacher's pet. I had no chance of getting first chair. The band director came up with some stupid excuse as to why I didn't get the spot I so deserved. So I played in the stupid band for my final year in high school as though it was no big deal. IT WAS A BIG DEAL. I should have quit his stupid band. I should have marched right into his office and told the jerk to his face that I know exactly what he was doing and walked away from the band. If I were put in a time machine and sent back to the day after that seating audition, I would have quit.
• United States
26 Mar 13
That is exactly what I was reading in my Bible-based publication just a few hours ago. The article had to do with regrets and how I view them. It was summed up by saying just what you are saying - look forward not backward. That is what I do most of the time. When I was pondering over you post, however, memories took me back some years. I will remember your advice and not do the same thing again. Come to think of it, I believe there have been times when I have redeemed myself.
@potash (31)
• China
16 Mar 13
You made some compromises in high school period ,but now you regret over them.Just look forward to life in the future,and don't make the same decision when face the similar problem
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
17 Mar 13
Though there are times that I think that I've made decisions that weren't really the best decision, I really don't think that there is any one decision in my life that I would want to undo. The reason that I say this is because if I was to change any one decision that I've made in my life my life wouldn't be what it is today. I alluded to the fact that sometimes I think I chose the wrong man, but had I chosen him I wouldn't have my two wonderful children and he wouldn't be the father of his children either.
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
18 Mar 13
I feel the same way too. Whatever life we have today is the product of the decisions that we made in the past. there may be some set backs but it is better to look at the brighter side of life.
@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
15 Mar 13
If I could undo one thing in my life it would be my childhood moment. When I was little there was a sport day happening in our school. I wanted to go, but my brother waned to stay home. So in the end we go, but there I meet some of my classmates and they wanted to go in one team with me. But, my brother need to go together with unknown strangers. It have made me feel really bad.
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
17 Mar 13
Considering your age, what you did was may be a part of just being young.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
I think one thing would be sticking with my decision on pursuing further studies in Japan. I have given up on that coz I already had a kid when I graduated fro College. If I just had used my head, I would have become successful in my chosen career.
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
16 Mar 13
Hi Jenny! Looking at the brighter side of it, at least you have now a beautiful son who can be with until the day you get old. You made the right choice.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
17 Mar 13
Well, yeah, you are right. I guess, we really could not have it all.....
@else22 (4317)
• India
15 Mar 13
Yes,there is one thing that I would like to undo in my life,although now it is not possible.It was not something done by me.Actually it was done by my father and I didn't have the courage to do anything against my father's wishes.He was about 66 when he expired.He had three sons including me,who was the youngest one.My father loved to maintain a distance between him and his sons despite his deep love for all of us.He was prone to get furious at the slightest of provocation.So none of us brothers had the courage to be close to him.Now that he is no more and I miss him badly,I often think I should have been close to him.I am sure I would have pleased him being close.
@else22 (4317)
• India
17 Mar 13
I knew my father loved me immensely.His arrogant nature was only a facade.Had I have succeeded in summoning a little courage,I could have got close to him and I am sure he would have loved it.But now it is too late.He is no more and I miss him.
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
16 Mar 13
You had reasons for not doing so. It seems just natural that kids are scared of their father rather than their mother. Some even say that boys are closer to their moms while girls are closer to their dads. There is no particular explanations to this phenomenon but this really happens.
@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
Kinda reminds me of the movie "Sliding Doors". Both the actual and the alternate universes of events were shown but she actually still ended up breaking up with the guy. Sometimes there's only a small part of the events we can change and that's our attitude and acceptance of what happened and the lesson it gave us.
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
16 Mar 13
I definitely agree. We should not let ourselves be taken in with such regret because there are things we cannot really change anymore. However, we can change the way we look at things.
• Valdosta, Georgia
29 Mar 13
I honestly would not change any decisions I have made in the past because I know for every action there is a reaction. Another words, if I change one thing everything could change. We have all made mistakes in our past but if we change one little thing we might not be where we are now or even who we are now. I might have made mistakes in the past but I have learned from them and I like my life and the person I am today...
@leiah_a1 (17)
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
I never should have given up my baby. I will regret that for the rest of my life.
@Angelpink (4034)
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
Hi ! I should have not left home and brought a disgrace to our family but damage has been done. Nothing i can do but to learn the lesson s it gave. All of us have pieces of mistakes in life ,and i read somewhere , in life there is no mistakes but only lessons to be learnt. Let bygone be bygone , The past is the past. It was meant to be that way ! The sky is so wide ,let us spread our wings and soar as high as we can. No one can stop us. With God is our side , brighter future awaits us.
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
16 Mar 13
Well said.
• India
15 Mar 13
yes, I really like to undo some of my decision but it is all about the past and time will not go to the past , but I really wish if I could undo those mistakes which changed my life and destiny.
@danix1982 (593)
• Philippines
18 Mar 13
when i was pregnant to my oldest i always thinking and hoping that I could go back when i was single, but suddenly all this things are changed when my baby comes out and bring happiness to our life. i should say i dont have any regret in all the decisions i made into my life. i love my family and nothing to undo.
• United States
15 Mar 13
A decision I took when ego led me to lose my girlfriend whom I loved so much. I was supposed to admit how sorry I was when I told her stomach pain shouldn't stop her from attending lectures. She didn't take it lightly and demanded apologies, I didn't see anything wrong so, never offered one and the grudge passed few days and went on till she decided to call it quit. I guess I was still growing then and had "ego" written over me.
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
16 Mar 13
That was too sad. I had a friend who did the same thing. Now he is married but still very much in love with his girlfriend. He regret the thought of not pursuing her again so he carries that regret up to this moment.
• India
15 Mar 13
it would be my study time table that i would have loved to undo in my life because that caused me a big loss in my final exam.
• Philippines
15 Mar 13
Sometimes I feel like that, the feeling of I want to undo my decision. The decision that didn't turn out right. Decision that hurt me and other people. How I wish I undo those decisions.
@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
15 Mar 13
Many years ago I made a bad error of judgment. I was young and reckless. I let some stupid driver got to me and we were involved in some road row on the freeway and I ended up in court. I naively settled for some guilty charges thinking it's the fastest way to end the case and there would not be any repercussions. Looking back, that's one episode I'd like to undo in my life as I learn that it does have long term effect I have to carry forward years after the incident itself.