Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» "IF YOU COULD TURN BACK TIME" per Cher. If YOU could turn back time how far back would you turn it to/would it be for keeps or temporary?
Tricky question. Many times I think that I'd love to turn back time. Back to a point where I felt happy, secure, even physically stronger (youth). I say to myself, ""If I could just turn back time ... back to a time when things were so much better."
Yet if I really, take a close look at those seemingly "better times", I see that (at that time) they weren't really happier. I really didn't feel that secure. The strength I had came with many problems of its own. As a child I thought - just wait until I'm old enough to leave home! THEN things will be so much better. I can hardly wait until I'm 21... THEN... Yet all of the "stuff" I've went through (then until now) has shaped me into the person I am today. If I turned back time and changed things, I wouldn't be the person I am now. The people I've met, the things I've experienced... good or bad ... THAT'S what made the days that followed so "good" to look back on.
The world back then seemed to be "better" than it is today as well, but those so-called "good 'ol days" weren't really all that good. Cold war, Vietnam war, energy crisis, recession, wildfires, assassinations, epidemics, riots, presidential scandals, earthquakes, bombings... these are just some of the things that happened over and over during those "good 'ol days". People then were longing to go back to their "good 'ol days. The world may be bad now, but it really wasn't much better back then. There were just different names. And as hard as it its to imagine, in 50 years, many of today's young children will look back and think THESE days were the "good 'ol' days".
What if I turned back time to a point that I considered a "good time", but that point was a horrible time for another? Say that was the time when they witnessed the gruesome death of a loved one. Now they would have to relive that all over again. One person's "good 'ol days" coudlo be another's "sad 'ol days".
All of what you say is true Shuhak. But the only reason I would like to turn back time would be that those I've loved who are no longer in my life would be back in it. For whatever reason they're gone. Some died, some drifted away. I miss them and I enjoyed the time I spent with them. But that is an impossible dream and that's why I treasure memories. I hope my memory remains keen until I die. Thank you for your reply Shuhak. Do you miss people you loved you will never see again?
This post was edited by RosieG at February 10, 2020 9:08 AM MST
Shuhak 