Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?
For me there’s no looking back. I don’t think I would ever want to re-live the past, and I’m going to try to explain why. We should set up some ground rules for this experience. There are at least two possible scenarios.
Immutable timeline
In the first one, there is no possibility of changing anything in what already happened. It is pretty much like watching a movie or reading a book, I can’t change the story. It is there, it is set in stone. What would be the gain in it? I am doing it only for the pleasure of living that again in the exact same way. For that I often remember it with love without needing to pass through it all. Besides, I don’t think there is an age that was so perfect and blissful for me to live it again. I don’t think I wanted to do that this way.
Mutable timeline
In the second scenario, the decisions that I make can be different from the first time. I know that this can lead to unforeseen consequences, good or bad. But even having this opportunity I don’t think I would take it. I don’t have big regrets in life. I have been slow to have taken some big decisions, but I have ended up doing them. And I am pretty much happy with how things have turned out. I don’t really want to change them, apart from the normal course of life from now on.
To conclude, don’t get me wrong, even not being perfect, there are several episodes of my life that I cherish. I have people that I love and have passed away. I’d love an opportunity to see them again. But I keep those moments in my heart and re-live them with my mind. There’s no looking back. That is good enough for me.
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4 Responses to “No looking back”
Just one thought. Never going back. I’ve lived my life and I just want to go forward
I’m happy for you, Amy! Forward is the way to go!
I really enjoyed reading your perspective on revisiting the past! I totally get what you mean—reliving moments exactly as they were would be like watching a movie on loop, and changing the past could lead to who-knows-what outcomes. I love how you cherish your memories and hold them close in your heart. It’s such a great reminder to appreciate where we are now and the journey that got us here.
I think if we could re-live and even change the past, we wouldn’t give so much importance to the way we live the present. Now is the time to do what we think it’s right, yesterday was too late, tomorrow hasn’t yet come. I appreciate your love for life!