2007-06-26 18:33:22 · 9 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
oh yes, sure.. I would change a lot of things if I could redo them.. buy a lot of Microsoft stock for one.. But life is a mix... goodness, the bad times were bad, but they made me better in one way or the other, The times I hurt other peoples feeling with my callousness and the times I argued with my spouse or friends or children, I wish I could redo. The loves I lost from being selfish and childish I miss. Sometimes I wish I had interacted more with the people that came and went through my life, and remembered to compliment them on things that I thought they did well or looked good. I wish I had kept better in touch with the few friends I did make throughout my life, and treated them better as friends and appreciated them more at the time.
I would have taught my children a little better about life, family, God and country.... and finances....
I wish I had visited the Vietnam vet wall... my friends are there.
I kinda wish I had followed through with a lot of plans I made, and kept more promises I made. Loved a little deeper and not cheated as much. I wish I had said the "Love" word more to the people i do and did love.
Although I did a lot of volunteer work and donated some, I wish I had done more because it invigorated me at the time.
I wish I had insured that the people I ran across would fondly remember me as kind and generous, not some cranky guy they met.
I would make it so that the people I worked with felt better about their surroundings because I was there.
I would have listened more and said less.
2007-06-26 20:26:08 · answer #1 · answered by billy d 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't see myself changing anything, because every bit of my life has lead me to be right where I am today. And that isn't so bad.
If I cut out my lying, cheating husband, and the agony I went through during our 16 1/2 year marriage, I would not have had my two daughters, nor have my three grandsons now. However much they drive me crazy sometimes, I DO love them, and enjoy them daily.
If I give myself enough backbone to leave my husband AFTER I have born my daughters, but BEFORE I have gone through most of my agonizing over the Ex, does it leave me as a more selfish individual, because I haven't learned to be humble? And do I even learn to embrace life more, because living it has caused me so much pain?
I like the human being I am. The person that I have turned out to be. I think it has been the very bad times in my life that have gone into shaping me into this person, and there is no substitute for that.
So no, I have no actual regrets, although I believe I can say that I have wistful contemplations that my life shouldn't have had to be QUITE so difficult!
2007-06-27 00:15:40 · answer #2 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How do you know if you had changed the things you think you should have that things would be any different today?
I like to believe in fate. God gives us fate & then allows us to play with it & try to mold it into something. We are all given a different fate. What you do with it is up to you, but I really don't think we have that much control over it. I think this is the dress rehearsal for the real thing. That is the after life. No religion here, just my private thoughts.
Anyone who says they would not change one thing in their life is either a liar or stupid.
2007-06-27 09:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppect we all have a few regrets and, maybe, even wish we could change things-as do I. But when you think about it, everything we have done in life, who we have met, places we have been, etc. have made us who we are. For better or worse, we stand in our own shoes.
Yesterday was once today and today was once tomorrow, so be the best you can be in the moment you are given.
2007-06-27 01:47:29 · answer #4 · answered by dragon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have always felt that regret is a very corrosive emotion. We regret our mistakes, errors of judgement etc. But unless we learn from our mistakes, there is no point in crying over spilt milk for nothing will change by crying. What is past is past - we can't undo it. I believe in looking forward.
2007-06-27 05:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by Traveller 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the two main things I would change would be to think with my head instead of my heart regarding financial matters and go to college earlier rather than later in my life. by the time I had my college degrees there were many better qualified for the better paying jobs who were much younger in age.
2007-06-27 04:04:26 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I worked hard, worked all the overtime I could get. Even Holidays. I was never home all day on Christmas, Thanksgiving. I got double time and a half for working on Holidays. But now, I wish I had spent Christmas all day with my children, Thanksgiving too. Wish I had also spent more time, just having fun with my children, on ordinary days too.
Wish I had corrected them less, listened to them more.
2007-06-26 18:52:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anne2 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, no and no. Consider this tho, at any time you can reach the span of your life, are YOU doing anything to make this the BEST DAY of YOUR life? Are you wasting time, hurting people, doing foolish things?
2007-06-26 21:24:32 · answer #8 · answered by Conrey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would not have voted for Richard Nixon the first time he ran for president.
2007-06-27 02:57:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋