I have thought about this often, and I am assuming a long life :) (If I knew I only had three years to live, I wouldn't want to give up one of them! :) ) When I look back at my life, the times I miss the most are when my children were young. I would pick a day, a Saturday when they were all home, when they were 3, 5, 7, and 9. The three-year-old was old enough then to be out of the "baby" or "terrible two" phase, the 5-yr-old was just at an incredibly cute phase, the 7-yr-old was transitioning to the "no longer a kid" phase, and the 9-yr-old still openly loved me (those of you with girls, know what I'm talking about :) ) I look back at all the old photos and can't believe how fast the years went by! I think the greatest power in the world would be to be able to look at any photo, and flash into the scene of the photo at the time the photo was taken; a combination of time travel and life repeating :) (but could get odd if you flashed into a scene that you were in :) )
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The ego says Yes, but the spirit says No.
The entire purpose of mortal incarnation is to have experiences in order to learn and grow closer to Spirit. Nothing ever truly dies, so moments in time are never really “lost”. It is the continual forward momentum of our soul that brings us closer to the divine.
That would be really fun. I have girls, too. The preteen days were my favorite.
Would not be fun for me because there were way too many bad things. I think if I gave up a year to go back the one time I would is the day my brother was murdered because I would know just how to stop it. Must be nice to have great memories many of us dont.
No. Unless, of course, everyone I know had died and I was horribly alone. Then, by all means, give me one day with my wife and kids right around the time before all this crap hit. A summer day, maybe around 2019, when my kids were between 3 and 11.
THIS is probably the most interesting question/thought that I have ever considered...will hafta think about this...but I do have a habit of asking friends and others, "what would be the one moment, just one moment, of your life that turned out to be the best moment, the most important moment, most impactful one moment of your life"... some people take time to think about it, and others answer immediately...always interesting and insightful answers which lead to their story about their one moment...just a thought to coincide with this post...and my answer to this post would be YES, most definitely for one more day with the love of my life...
It would be so tempting to go back and change some life decisions. Given how asleep we are here in my country though, if I’d been happier in my personal life or job (fuck calling it “muh career”) I don’t think I’d have woken up. Born, raised, educated & eventually employed in the very middle of the blind bubble…
Yes. I would (possibly) change the outcome of a sudden death. God willing, of course.
Thank you for your thoughts on this! It's interesting that there seems to be two avenues of thought, 1) relive a day to change your life, or 2) which is what I was thinking, is relive a day because you remember a time or specific day in your life that was awesome, and you would just like to re-experience it again. For me, the memories of my children when they were young, are barely in my mind, and it is only through photographs that I even have much recollection of it. Memories of my entire life are very limited. I once sat down and tried to write everything I remember about my life, and it was only about 10 full pages! They say you mostly remember the very highs and lows, but for me, it is almost ONLY the highs and lows. I suffered some traumatic events in childhood, and have read such things can program your brain to forget not just that, but unfortunately, lots of other things along the way. I'm not really upset about the traumatic event, but am about the memory loss! (but maybe if I retained the memory of the traumatic event, I would think differently).
The play "Our Town" was based on this exact premise...saw it live "in the round" in Lincolnshire, IL in the 80's and it was fantastic. When your kids are young, you can't wait for them to get to the next milestone but before you know it they are all grown up and then you wish for those innocent, untroubled early days. Little kids, little problems...big kids, big problems! I like the song "The Way We Were" because it portrays how precious our memories are. The thing I love most about being a grandparent is enjoying the kids without worrying about cooking, cleaning, laundry, schedules, etc. Love on them then you get to go home.
No grandchildren yet, and unfortunately, the daughters all got the covid shots, so who knows what might result from that. The movie, "Nobody's Fool" (a "little" movie with Paul Newman), hits a little bit on some aspects of looking back on your life. One line sticks out for me where the son says to his father, paraphrasing "How come you didn't treat me like that when I was his age? " (referring to a grandson) And the grandfather says something of the order, "It skips a generation".
Only if I could be with Bobby McGee.
No, I would not. The days of the past are what made me the person I am today. I do not want to relive yesterday, my future is in tomorrow.