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If you had the ability to go back in time, would you use it and why?
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No, because time is so confusing and delicate. If you stepped on a butterfly and killed it, that could have been the butterfly that the man who came up with writing words saw and inspired him, and without it our words would be different if words at all, so when you came back, it would be like a whole other planet. I would prefer not to.
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I would, and I would also invest heavily in things which made the most money,. from that money, I would spend billions educating the world on the merits of peace, and expose those who II knew would be bent on its destruction in later years. Enough killing, I say.
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Yes, but only if I still knew what I know now - otherwise I couldn't avoid all the mistakes I've made.
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absolutely not. every mistake i've made have led me to be who and what i am today. i love everything about my life and i don't regret. sure, sometimes it stinks and it gets hard, but in the end it's pretty good. i am happy with my life today.
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It would depend on whether or not I get to keep what I know now. If I don't what's the point, I couldn't change anything. If I could, then I probably would turn back the clock and approach a few things differently.
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Yes I would go back. I would do school over and take the classes that I should have taken and didn't. I would have had my children at a later date ( I would still want to have them ) so I could have offered them more. I would have traveled and saw the world a little more. I would undo the hurt that I caused anyone and right some wrongs. I would go back and tell my grandmother one more time that I love her before she passed away. I would have loved more and worried less about what everyone thought of me and what they wanted me to do with my life.. . Wow, quite a long list isn't it?? LOL
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Yes, I used to enjoy my troubled days as a juvenile, and if i could go back i would stay there forever.
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Yes and no. I would go back in time maybe to delete some of the mistakes I've made. But then again, that stuff is what makes us who we are, isn't it?
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Don't look for the sun to rise tomorrow morning in the same way that it did today, else you will miss the beauty of a new sunrise.
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Yes, I would turn back time if I could. I made a very foolish choice seven years ago and became involved in a re bound relationship that turned into a second marriage......it lasted two years and by that time I had sold my previous home (that was paid for), had moved out of state with my second husband, had isolated myself from friends and family. Bad idea! I am now divorced for the second time and trying to rebuild my life.........that is not so easy to do in your 40's. I took a big financial hit due to that decision and I would love to turn back time and handle my life differently.
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