Have you ever wanted to re-invent yourself? You know go back to say like 12 years old and start all over? Not that I would want to do the whole teenager things over again, but I sort of, kind of would like to. I would like to go back knowing what I know now and do it all over. I would have done things much different. I would have worried less about my social life and more about my studies. I would have prayed more and listened harder in church. I would have listen to my parents.
But that is easy for a 30 something year old woman to say, I can’t really blame myself, I was young, and stupid
I would like to start over as a newly wed, knowing what I know now. I would have spent less and saved more. I would have been a better housekeeper and wife. I would have kissed my babies more and played with them more often.
The great thing about life is that we are always reinventing ourselves. There is always tomorrow. There is always the next day to try harder, work harder, play more and enjoy more. So instead of looking back and wishing I could change what was, I will do much better to look forward and change the things I have control over.
I thought of that before! But the future is the only thing I can change!
Amen! I often thought of how much I would change if I could go back in time. But it’s a good thing I can’t, because all those dumb mistakes I made are what make me the person I am right now. I need to concentrate on my current stupidities instead of my old ones.
*hugs*
So true. Tomorrow is a gift, and God willing, a chance to become the best person (wife, mother, sister, friend, etc..) that we can.
Your scarf from the previous post looks great, and what a beautiful color you chose. Don’t play down your talent – I wouldn’t know what to do with a ball of yarn!
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Amen!
I think of that sometimes. And I wonder what 40 year old me is going to think of 32 year old me.
Victor Frankl (Man’s Search for Meaning) said, “at any time each of the moments of which life consists is dying, and that moment will never recur. And yet is not this transitoriness a reminder that challenges us to make the best possible use of each moment of our lives? It certianly is, and hence my imperative: Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now.” He goes on from there about how we shouldn’t pity the old because “instead of possibilities in the future, they have realities in the past.”
Been there many times. It’s like you see the end of the tunnel and you want to hurry up and do all those things you haven’t done yet before it’s over; the NOW takes over and you want to enjoy every moment, every smile, every personal, sacred occasion. I think it’s those stupidness memories that help improve our tomorrows.
By the way, I LOVE these pictures you’ve included!
Honestly, I feel like all I’ve been through and decisions I’ve made have made me who I am and taught me what I know. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, just like we all have, but I don’t think I would take them back 🙂