If I could change but one thing....

I probably wouldn't have left my ex-girlfriend over some stupid fight. Seeing her as she is now, I still hate the fact that I once let her go. Although we really like eachother and we stay in touch, I have a new GF whom I also love, but when I take a look at my ex, I wonder why I ever let her go. There's alot of things I would like to change, but that's one thing that I could think of.

I believe if I had learned to stand up for myself back when I was in high school and finished high school like I wanted to I would have be so different from the person I am now. It took me 55 years to learn to stand up for my rights and now that I am here, I try to spur others on to standing up for then selves. I learned I was a very passive person, I literally started every sentence with the words "I am sorry". this is not a jest I was recorded for 4 hours where I was talking to our teacher and I was so submissive I felt ill afterwords, and then when the 15 people in my class told me how I affected them because I wouldn't make up my own mind. I wouldn't speak the truth, I was a living example of what not to be, and one of the students told me that. I was devastated as I believed if I was a people pleaser, people would love or like me. Not so. and after having experienced dealing with a passive person I now understand how I came across it was a life changing course and I am truly thankful I was there to take it.

I'm not really sure right now. I'm a lot different than I was as a child, I care more about others and generally hope to see to more people work at things. This could be something? being more helpful as a kid, or appreciating my family more. ~Joey

A couple of things come to mind winterose. I would've tried much harder to pursue my dream of becoming a writer. I applaud you for succeeding in this area. The second thing is that I would've gotten my driver's license. I had an 'accident' when I was 16 ... nothing serious, but after that I didn't end up pushing myself to get my license. This has impacted my whole life, as it's frustrating to have to depend on others etc. for rides everywhere, or to have to take public transit. I know it's never too late, but for me, it's a safety factor now, as I suffer from feet, leg, and knee problems, and my reflexes or lack thereof, would be a cause for concern. However, if I was already a driver, I'm sure I'd find a way to compensate.

I would of tried harder to be nicer to people and I would of tried to be more helpful to others. I would also of been more saving, and I would of worked harder to learn handcraft skills so I could have my own business making things sooner. I would of not stopped exercising, and I would of done my best to stay healthy and dept free. The reason why for all above would be so that when I see someone that I would really like to be able to help I would be able too. I am working towards these goals now but it would of been easier if I were younger and did not have health problems.

I would have been a little more outgoing and participated more with school functions, the best carefree days of your life....I also would have went for a career instead of just a job , and would not have gotten married so young.I would forward to waking up more and going somewhere I enjoyed than just muddling through life.

i do not think i would change anything. because i i changed one thing it in turn would change the rest of my life. and although i have hit some bumps in the road i like what the Good Lord has given me in the end to this point.

Well as I have said the only thing I would change I would not marry the same Person that I did The only good thing that came out the Marriage was my Kids and that has made up for the 21 years I wasted staying married to their Dad

How can anyone alter or change the course what has been done in the past. it is wise to let bygones be bygones.

Hello,winterrose, if i could change someting in the past, i will like to rewind back to my high school time and work hard for my study so that I could achieve my ambition,when i was a child,i would like to be a doctor,then when I was a teenager,I change my mind,I would like to work in a investment bank and earn more money,but i had not worked hard enough to get the qualification I needed . My life might have been changed if i worked harder. Anyway, I would not be unhappy because I could not fulfill my ambition, I am happy with who I am and what I am doing now.

If I could really change something, it would be the day I choose to come into this world. It was on this particular day that sort of sealed my 'fate'. If only I am born with a silver spoon in my mouth, able to go university and study medicine as a profession.

If i am given a chance to change one thing that i have done in my past i would choose to go back to my high school ages. I was pleaded to take mathematics as my major in my 11th grade which i never listened. I choose science as my major and that affected my life so much. I took science group and later on couldn't get a seat in MBBS which was disastrous and i had to get into this computer field, which was of no knowledge to me. Since this subject was new to me i was unable to score good marks, which resulted in poor performance at my degree level. Here when we go for a job they will look for consistency in studies. I still feel very bad about choosing science as my major in my 11th grade which is troubling me even now. Wish some thing can happen and change my fate.

It is really hard to think about what i would change. A lot of times i find myself saying 'if only i did .....' . I think though it would be to not be so rebelious in my teenage years when i was mixing with some wrong people, and listening to my parents a bit more back then. But i think i have learned valuable lesons from then and i try and pass on better things to my kids so they follow a good path.

i'll change my attitude because i did not do good in my studies and now im in a situation that what you call a dilemma.. im happy but i know inside of me im trying to be happy.. and i'll also make sure that im a good artist like guitarist, pianint, know how to play violin, drums and all of the insturments that i like..

I think well its hard to choose ONE thing that I would change. I wish I could change one that I know I cant though. I will name that. I wish I could change my knee injury. It popped out of place at work. It not only cost me my job it cost me my knee. Its forever injured horribly. I couldnt go back and do anything much different it was an event that had nothing to do with me and just my body and type of job. But it changed my life and not for the good and that sucks big time!

I could change nothing because I am the only person in the world could have live like me. If i had changed that there is no existence of real me.. Be yourself and proud to be yourself..

I don't want think to past because is not good for my health. The past forget future wait. Best regards

i want to change my major in college to study,my major is too hard to find a good job,my major in envirnment engineering ,bue i thought i don,t learn much knowledge in my major,i chanced this as my major is mistake.so now my job is a official.i don't want to change is my friends,old friends and new friends is my part of life,i like to talk thing with them,and they can give me advice to do the right things,and also i can give them help,and courage when someone have a frustration.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had woron them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh,I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sign Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the different. The poem is saying probably this, that ultimately life would come full circle and the roads make no difference after all, so don't conmplaint that life is too confining to offer you much leeway for options.

If I could go back it would be to give my life to God sooner.... I really regret keeping him out for so long :(