I am starting this thread.. I want everyone to add some things to it..
If I knew back then what I know now....................................
I wouldn't have worried so much on doing all the little things that really didn't matter, that I thought were important ( like staying up after everyone was in bed so I could have a spotless house etc...)..
and used that extra time reading one of my books or taking some quiet time for myself.
Ok... who's next?
If I knew back then what I know now-------
I would have taken better care of this old body and maybe I would be more active now. Janet would be helping me instead of me helping her with my flower beds. I would be hanging curtains, changing light bulbs, hanging pictures, etc., instead of waiting for someone who can still climb a step stool. I would be able to vacuum the whole house at a time instead of part of one room. I would be able to put the clean dishes up on the shelf instead of stacking them on the counter where I can reach them easily.
Hey, this could could go on for a long time so I will stop here. I am thankful that I can still live in my own house and take of myself for the time being and get outside to enjoy the flowers.
If I knew back then what I know now, I would have spoke up more for myself. I had a poor self esteem and didn't think people really liked me. I had to be what everyone wanted me to be. As I have gotten older and decided I like me and really don't care (too much) what people think of me, I realize I like this and could have been doing it all along. My mom used to say that she did the same thing. Is this one of the signs of getting older????
It might be as I have decided that this is my time. I will do only what I want, when I want and everybody else can just work around me.
If I knew back then what I know now...I would have really studied in college and not flunked out the first time. I would not have gotten married the first time. I have all kinds of things I could add, but then again, if I had not gone through all of my life like I did, would I still be the same person I am now?
Quote from: Janet Harrington on March 16, 2007, 09:04:26 PM
. I have all kinds of things I could add, but then again, if I had not gone through all of my life like I did, would I still be the same person I am now?
I wondered the same thing!!!! :-\
Somewhere in the Good Book, it says that we go through these things so that we can minister to others. I have seen that. There is a big difference between people that say they understand and you know they haven't got a clue and ones that say they understand and you know they do because they have lived it. It is a big help. So yeah, maybe there was a reason we went through those things so we can be the people we are now to be used by the Big Guy.
I would have listened to my mother more. (Even though I hate to admit that!) I would have paid better attention in school and studied harder. I don't know, I'm still pretty young right now, so I don't have much to add. Ask me again in 20 years!
Yeah, but, CrumCowgirlMama, we may not be here in 20 years.
I hope I'm not here in 20 yrs. I would be an old lady. Ugh!
If I knew now well, I would have left earlier when I was younger and made a career in a different field....I would also took more time playing then doing things that really didn't matter and no one but me cared about. hahahahha....but I am who I am and all my history has made me who I am and I really do like my life now....so maybe I wouldn't do anything different. Oh my...I do believe that I am talking in circles once again. Is that age???? tee hee
Quote from: Sherri aka Sadie on March 19, 2007, 02:33:53 PM
Oh my...I do believe that I am talking in circles once again. Is that age???? tee hee
Age??
Ahhhh yep... Afraid it is dear sister.
After all.. in just a couple of months you will be half a century old. (http://www.cascity.com/howard/animations/222.gif)
But I too would have used my time in school to study more instead of talking and boy watching...
And worked harder in college and taken lots of things more seriously and lots of things LESS seriously............. and been nicer to some "certain people"..that I just KNOW will someday be in another lifetime with me..( I believe in reincarnation and karma) and I will have to deal with them in the same way all over again... (http://www.cascity.com/howard/forum/cry.gif)
But if we had chosen a life with only good things in it,and we had never made any mistakes .....well then...we wouldn't need to be here on the earth at all, now would we?? And we would certainly not be growing spiritually..and that IS why we are here on earth you know...(http://www.cascity.com/howard/forum/angel.gif)
So when I think about it.. I really would probably change some things.. well maybe not change change... just do things differently..
Oh my..................... I'm talking too much again aren't I sister?! :-\
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** slowly creeping over to set down in the corner **
If I knew then what I know now....I would have lived my life more for myself and not FOR so many other people. I know now that even "then" I was a pretty darn good person with more than my share of common sense, I should have been more trusting in myself. I would have stood up and been more vocal for myself as I do now. And the usual, I would have gone to college and gotten that degree I wanted so badly. I would have seen "more" of the world. But even with the bad times, I wouldn't change enough of the past to eliminate the people that are so important to me now like my son and grandkids. Regardless of anything else, they are keepers.
If I knew then....what I know now........
I would have spent more time with all of the loved ones that have gone on before me----and told them and showed them more love.
I would have tried to be a better parent.
I would have studied more and taken advantage of all the years I spent in college.
I would have exercised everyday.
I would have had one more child.
Invited people over more regardless of a dirty house, old furniture, and their standing in the community.
Not wasted so much time!!!!
If I knew then what I know now...
I'd have writen in a journal all the funny & wonderful things that happened ~ as they happened ~ since I can only rememeber fragments of them now.
I spent lots of time with my kids and my kids' friends, I'd do it all over again; even more so! None of that time and effort is ever wasted.
I'd have kept contact with all my loved ones, and made sure they knew I appreciated how they each touched my life. I always just assumed they knew, now I'd like to be sure!
Also, I'd have invested in Microsoft...
Microsoft AND Research In Motion (makers of the Blackberry)
If I knew then what I know now....
I would have grown a backbone at a much earlier age and not let the opinions of others matter so much to me. I would have been less quick to judge others and more quick to forgive. I would have believed it's OK to love yourself and to not be my own worst critic.
Like so many others here have said, I am who am today because of who I was then, and for that I have no regrets. But I'm a much different person today than I was just 10 years ago, and for that I am truly grateful.
Oh, and I would have worn a bra more in the 1970s, because I'm paying for it now! LOL