Life's Cheat Code
By RingoBerry
@RingoBerry (71)
September 26, 2019 7:56pm CST
A friend of mine asked me a question, it was from a discussion she had in one of her classes.
"If you were given a chance to go back in time with all the knowledge that you have but at a certain price. It will be during the worst day of your life."
At first I laughed and told her to lay off re-painting her nails every 2 days cuz the fumes of the Acetone / nail polish remover might be getting to her. But she told me she was honestly curious about how I would respond.
I guess its a very tempting though out wordly chance. But I said I wouldn't even give it a second thought.
Sure I've has so many worst in all the years I've been alive, I cant even count it with just the fingers in both hands. I am happy now, thought I can't ever deny I do have so many heart wrenching regrets. What if I did go back and it would cost me more regret than I had before making that very choice?
What if I did manage to turn the tables in all those worsts at the cost of changing my future and it takes away the good things I have now?
Sure I managed to solve all that. But I feel like it will just be condensed into one huge gaping hole -- and I won't even be able to discuss it with anyone (nor will they believe me) cuz no one but me will know.
Will it be the cost of our kids ceasing to exist?
My relationship with my family?
The people we've met?
The only life's cheat code I know is to use all my experiences to steer away our kids from any and all of those things that could hurt them the way I have been hurt. And so far, we've done a great job raising them cuz they tell us everything, they know its okay to ask for help and make mistakes as long as they learn from it.
They are my salvation and
I am their cheat code.
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@RasmaSandra (73704)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Sep 19
Sounds good to me and you're raising your kids right, How many do you have and how old are they?
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@RingoBerry (71)
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27 Sep 19
Actually I don't have kids of my own which is one of my regrets. We are 7 sisters and life was difficult before. But we were blessed with four wonderful children. One is adopted and she's 22, 2 boys of 16 and 14 and our princess who is now 12. I don't think I can ever trade them for "what ifs". If you ask them, they have SEVEN moms. No less
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@RasmaSandra (73704)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Sep 19
@RingoBerry that is a large group and I am glad they are all great kids,
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@RingoBerry (71)
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27 Sep 19
@RasmaSandra XD yes it is. Just imagine Parent's Day at school.
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@Happy2BeMe (99390)
• Canada
27 Sep 19
That is wonderful. You are doing a good job raising them. They will do well in life.
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
27 Sep 19
I love this response. We have everything that we earned in life, if we changed something in the past, the life we have now would no longer be. True we would be living another life (if we survived so long) but it would not be what we have now. I tend to think along the lines of be happy with what I have. Treat the bad times as learning experiences, and realize that there are reasons for why I chose this particular direction. Maybe they were poor choice in the past, but they make me who I am today. I do not think I would choose to change anything.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
16 Feb 20
Well, for me, I would go back just to make changes for the better. As for my children, I would still have them but with someone else. Time travel is possible but it is not, or has not been shown to the masses yet. It will be someday soon, I am sure of it. But for now, lets just say it is not possible. In that case, well, we have to deal with what we have and what we have created. And just try and make things better from this point on. Other than that, I would not stress anything anymore.
@psanasangma (5898)
• India
28 Sep 19
Find very interesting...I feel our life cannot be cheated as it goes accordingly and we live in every moment with unpredictable actions but yes our past experience can prevent from our bad forthcoming days
@Writingghost (5196)
• United States
27 Sep 19
Wow, well written and gave me much to think about ~ thanks.
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