Especially something you don't really like? My brother asked if I could have been there when our father died, If I would have tried to stop him. The answer shocked me more than him. Has this sort of thing happened to you?
2007-11-27 14:30:12 · 15 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Exousia Skotos: Actually our father was quite insane, and very abusive. Had I been there, I probably would have saved him the trouble of shooting himself.
2007-11-27 14:50:16 · update #1
Yes, of course.
Sometimes the revelation is not pleasing.
2007-11-27 14:33:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Yes... that's the only way you can figure out who you are. Oftentimes, what you think about something suddenly doesn't factor in when you're faced with a decision.
Our opinions so often are formulated according to what is the most righteous, but how can we be sure that our opinions would match our actions? If a pro-life teenage girl was impregnated, would she be willing to drop everything to have a baby?
... lol it's amazing how much my AP lit class is affecting the way I think... it's pounded into our heads that the last thing we should formulate is a thesis (after gathering observations) instead of establishing a thesis and then looking for evidence... I really think that can apply to real life.
2007-11-27 22:46:36 · answer #2 · answered by xx. 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes the question is DESIGNED to make you confront the parts of yourself that you do not wish to. I have had this happen in the past and although I was not entirely happy with what I found out about myself, this has made me more self-aware (which in the long run is not a bad thing)
2007-11-27 22:36:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, not really - though it has made me realize I have much less tolerance for these type of questions from adults than I do from children. Mainly because the "what if" questions by adults often lead to death, destriuction, condemnation, etc, while a child's "what if" is most often a flight of fancy.
Like "what if the livingroom floor turned to lava?"
2007-11-27 22:37:36 · answer #4 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dude, this might sound as the most rotten thing to do, but it's in my nature.
If I were there when our "father" died, I would be sitting front row, with an ice cold soda and hot buttery popcorn, witnessing one of the most significant times of our existence.
My only regret would be never knowing if he was really who he said he was, or just some deranged inanity with too much knowledge for his time period.
Oh, and before you start judging me, remember if he hadn't died we wouldn't be alive nor saved, so don't give me any of your inanity.
2007-11-27 22:45:05 · answer #5 · answered by Adversity 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I do ask "what if" of myself quite frequently, to be honest it keeps me in a more positive frame of mind than "if only".
I have to stay in positive mindset these days, and truthfully I like learning these things about myself.
Sometimes the truth is not as pretty as what we would like but that makes us human dear.
Good evening to you
2007-11-27 22:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by FallenAngel© 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe you just learned a little more about yourself in that quiet time with your brother that you had not really faced before, dear one.
Scared of, maybe, too scared to speak it out loud, maybe?
Fear paralyzes us!
2007-11-27 22:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Life is not that black and white. Lots of gray areas. What ifs don't exist for me. What is going to be is going to be.
2007-11-27 23:59:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep.
stupid unfortune epiphanies :(.
2007-11-27 22:42:41 · answer #9 · answered by Vermillion 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
What if I were born stillborn?
Then the question is moot.
What if questions are without value. What-is is what is.
2007-11-27 22:34:06 · answer #10 · answered by Blim 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋