Change one event.

@vik87391 (169)
Spain
December 27, 2006 5:53pm CST
From childhood till today,if God gave you an opportunity to change one event in this span which event would you change and why? I would change the event when I played football and football and did not study hard in my 10th grade.I got very poor marks and could not secure an admission in the top 10 universities.Had i done that then I would have changed my stream and would have become a more successful person in life. What about you friends?
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55 responses
• India
28 Dec 06
If god gave me an oppurtunity i would like to go back in time and meet my grandma who expired last year and i couldnt see her .i was away on a camp.by the time i was back home all the rituals had already been done.and i could never see her for the last time.i just want to see her once.
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@vik87391 (169)
• Spain
29 Dec 06
this is petty sad and i just hope you can meet her once in this life.i know it is difficult but miracles do happen.
@Artsimba (1334)
• United States
27 Dec 06
Even though it's impossible to go back and change anything I would have taken a higher interest in learning and find out how to absorb more knowledge, but then again how would I know how to do that, so I think I must be glad for what I do know. Success seems to have alluded me in my adult life as far as academics and earning potential go, but I must remind myself that God made me the way I am for a reason and to be grateful for what I have, because there are others who have it worse and what I have could be taken away in a second. Thanks for reminding me.
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28 Dec 06
You know its never too late. I spent 9 years bringing up my children and only now at nearly 40 am I going to get my degree. I was not into education when I was young but if I had been i wouldn't have the life I have now. Celebrate even the smallest of what you have done. Thats what makes you you!!! I believe in fate. Life is not just about being an academic, anything you achieve in life is an achievement!!!!
• China
28 Dec 06
we should not regret anything . what we should do it to look forward.what has psted is yesterday ,your hope lies in tomorrow.never say die. you can make it ,as long as you have confidence.
• Ireland
28 Dec 06
I don't think I would change anything except I would liked to have been more help to my parents while I was living with them. They made lots of sacrifices to give me the best in life, and I would have liked to show my appreciation a bit more.
@arunsh10 (11)
• India
28 Dec 06
we always think that some part of our life was very bad and it should not be there,but we can only think.but we dont realise, that was all for the best.we never think that sometimes something bad happen to us followed by something good,and that good thing may be because of that bad incidence. So i'll insist on the the same life and wont change/remove even one second.
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@ravenz (423)
• India
29 Dec 06
9/11
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@Rotiro3 (27)
• United States
28 Dec 06
If I could change one thing it would be when I offered my friend tickets to a Red Sox playoff game because my father could not go. My father ended up calling after I offered them to my friend and since they were his tickets we ended up going. I did not tell my friend this I just took off and have felt like a jerk ever since.
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@vipul20044 (5794)
• India
28 Dec 06
I would change my countries Political state if possible cuz its worse than the worse
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@lulylove (1560)
• Brazil
28 Dec 06
I would change the day where I became attached myself to some friendships that had shown a world to me that I preferred to não.conhecer. I think that some friendships did not deserve to be part of our history. Only this that I would move in my life.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
28 Dec 06
In reality, I side with those who say they wouldn't change a thing. My life isn't where I'd like it to be right now, but the problems I'm going through are there to help me grow, just like what I faced in the past have. But in the spirit of your thread, I'll play along. ;~D Back in 1990 I was a young, agressive and entirely Gung Ho paratrooper. Just days before my team deployed for desert shield, I was up for re-enlistment. I was offered 4 re-enlistment options... one being an Intelligence MOS (MOS is how the Army spells "JOB"). It was something I wanted, but chose to stay in the MOS and on the team. Why? Only one reason... If I changed MOSs it would mean I would be left out of desert shield. (like I said, I was entirely gung ho). As it turned out, my 7 1/2 months in the desert did little to nothing for my overall career. The powers that be decided that being in country for a war shouldn't be a career enhancer or help with promotions. On the other hand, if I had of accepted the Intel MOS, I would have gained promotion points and would have made Sergeant... which would have kept me on active duty. So that would be the one choice I would change... or would I? ;~D
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• India
28 Dec 06
hi, i have also a similar regretion that i didn't study hard enough to clr the competitve examination and as a result couldn/t secure a position in the top colleges.
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@marrry (341)
• Romania
28 Dec 06
i wish i could change many things that have happened in my life ..but i can t ..anyway till now i am pretty happy ,,i didn t have such bad things that happened ,,,but i think we all want t ochange some things even though they are not very important
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@DavidReedy (2378)
• United States
28 Dec 06
There's a lot I would have done differently. Some investment decisions. Getting my college degree the first time around, walking up to and talking to Melissa S.--one of the most beautiful girls of my life who was interested in my, while simultaneously scaring the bejeezers out of me. I would've stayed away from "the party crowd"... I would have started studying a second language when I was 5 or 6. I would have changed my diet, so I wouldn't develop the health problems today... would've, should've, could've--are all words that mean we didn't. You can't go back. The Butterfly Effect (the movie) clearly shows us this. I like who I am today, and like what I know and I have so many awesome memories... What if by getting rid of one bad memory--you lost a lot of good ones? The only moment in time we ever have, really, is the present. So think of whatever you can that puts a smile on your face, and do one thing every day to make yourself or your life better--and help others when you can.
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
28 Dec 06
I would probably have gone to art school instead of to college. I was eighteen and did what everybody else was doing but not necesarily what would have made me the happiest. We should have a gap year in the US like they have in England so kids can have a little time to think about majors and schools and the future.
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• India
28 Dec 06
i wouldnt have selected a new stream. always stand firm in 1 decision
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@Aali311 (6112)
• United States
28 Dec 06
I honestly would not change a thing about my life. All the events would stay the same, it all leads up to where I am today and I am very happy, so that's how I would live it all again.
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@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I would change my mother's boyfriend for moving in with us when I was eight. After he moved in he molested me. I really wish that she had never met him, or maybe not broken up with my father at that time which opened the door to that unfortunate experience.
• United States
28 Dec 06
I think about this all the time,and changing one event could change your whole life events..one little change i would make..like or instance if would have went to school and met someone else i wouldnt have my beautiful boy Skylar,,that i charish,,and if i would have worked somewhere else i wouldnt have found the great friends i have,,but really the only thing i would change is how mean i was to my sister,,I took all my aggressions of my dad and the way he treated me and mom..out on her,,and i feel horrible about it,,to this day she is a bit tramatized,.and no mater how many time si have appologized it doesnt change the fact of what all i did,,and it hurts me inside,,
@vik87391 (169)
• Spain
28 Dec 06
i am very sorry that the topic of my discussion has hurted you.i merely wanted to let everyone sit back and think over the past.As this life is full of tensions we have not even got a single moment to think of our chidhood,parents and friends.Hope all your dreams come true.Take care.
• India
28 Dec 06
i would have changed my college so that i could join into a sports college where i would get more encouragement and i would represent my country in OLYMPICS!!!
@vik87391 (169)
• Spain
28 Dec 06
good thought.this would add to the glory of ur nation.
• India
28 Dec 06
If I eould get such an opportunity i would take back the proposal i made to a friend of mine . Since then she not only hated me but also her friens don t soeak to me .
@vik87391 (169)
• Spain
28 Dec 06
try to speak to her and tell her you want to be fiends.tell her that you did all this just at the time when you were going through a bad patch and she will understand and will be friends with you.this change can be made by you itself.
• United States
28 Dec 06
I would have waited a little longer to have my children. I got married in december of my senior year of high school. We began trying to get pregnant immediately, and our daughter was born two weeks before our first anniversary. We have now been married for 6 years and have three children. The main reason we did it is because I wanted to be pregnant while I am young and healthy, and we want to be able to enjoy our grandchildren and great grandchildren. I also think it will give us more time between paying for their college and then all of our "saving" money can go to our retirement, instead of part of it. However, now I wish we had given ourselves at least another year before trying to get pregnant.
@vik87391 (169)
• Spain
29 Dec 06
do not regret this decision of yours,as children are good as early as possible.may god bless you.