If you had your time again, what would you do differently?

I see from your profile, Emma, that you are a young woman.  Just the fact that you floated this thread indicates to me that you may be a little bit wiser than most people your age, just for even asking the question.

There are things I would have done differently, with the wisdom I have now. I would have learned to play an instument, and I think I would have been a little more daring in making things I wanted to happen, happen, rather than staying in my comfort zone telling myself why they can't happen.  But when  think back, I know I didn't have the wisdom I have now when I was making decisions.  But I think I did the best I can, and hopefully, have learned from mistakes made along the way.  The past is to be learned from, not dwelt upon.

thanku lyn and ruth, feel like I have grown up since I started at ressie home, but not to much I can assure you haha thank you lyn, It hard to say people wont make mistakes in there life, its just a part of growing up, but I have great people around me who look out for me!

I think its a great thread hahaha, if people do look back they might not change anything but I bet people think ''oohhh dear, what did I do that for'' or ;''why didnt I do that'' in any aspects of someones life:) I know I have and I am only 21...  

As has already been alluded to by Ruth, Wolf and Lyn, if we did have the time to "do it over" we would either make the same choices or different ones that we may have regretted just as much.  I know that some decisions feel like mistakes but honestly, I think we all do the best we can do with the knowledge and resources we have at the time.  No point in crying over spilt milk. We are who we are today because of the choices we've made...all of them. I rather like who I've become and who knows what I would be like if my life had been different.

On a lighter note, a new-age friend of mine once said that we existed somewhere before we decided to incarnate in the flesh. She believes that we chose the life and the parents we did because we needed to experience that particular life for our growth. After our physical death and when we return to where ever it is we came from we will remember making the choice and understand why certain things had to happen.  I asked her that when we meet again in that after life, remind me to kick my own a**!!!!!!  LOL!!! 

That's true, Diana. I'm usually very demanding at myself, sometimes even hard I guess, and I need to be reminded of those valuable truths pretty often.

On 20th September 2008 11:28, Diana Sinclair wrote:

On a lighter note, a new-age friend of mine once said that we existed somewhere before we decided to incarnate in the flesh. She believes that we chose the life and the parents we did because we needed to experience that particular life for our growth. After our physical death and when we return to where ever it is we came from we will remember making the choice and understand why certain things had to happen.  

 Now I'd really like to hear John's comments on that one lol 

LOL, me too!  Good morning Maria!