Mar. 9th, 2004

wispfox: (curious)
People seem to like posing questions about what they might do differently, if they had the choice to go back in time and change things in their lives.

The funny thing about this is that, _even during my worst moments_, there has never been a time I wanted to go back and change things.

This is partly because I always think of it in terms of knowing what I knew then, were there other choices for me to make, and _not_ with the knowledge I have gained since then. And partly because everything I have done, been, and gone through has made me who I am now. And I like who I am, even with my various flaws and things I want to work on.

Some (most?) of the stuff that sucked was effectively life giving me a slap upside the head to teach me something that it'd been trying to teach me for years. In all cases, I eventually got the point - it just took a lot, sometimes. And often took other people's perspectives, since I'm pretty bad at figuring out what general concept belongs with a bunch of specific examples.

Some of the stuff that sucked was simply a part of growing up in the family I grew up in. There was nothing I could have done differently without also being someone other than myself.

So, now, I find myself wondering. Those of you reading this post - how do you answer the original question? Would you change things in your past? Either way, why?

A similar question would be whether or not one would change stuff that is integral to themselves. In my case, the one thing which I would most want to change is the seasonal affective disorder.

However, I think that I would not. It has taught me quite a lot. It has also made me much stronger, and much better at handling emotional distress and irrationality.

Although, it would be nice to not have to fix up my sentence structure so other people can read it! *shrug* Not sure if I'd change it, though, because I don't know what other effects on my brain changing that would have...
wispfox: (curious)
People seem to like posing questions about what they might do differently, if they had the choice to go back in time and change things in their lives.

The funny thing about this is that, _even during my worst moments_, there has never been a time I wanted to go back and change things.

This is partly because I always think of it in terms of knowing what I knew then, were there other choices for me to make, and _not_ with the knowledge I have gained since then. And partly because everything I have done, been, and gone through has made me who I am now. And I like who I am, even with my various flaws and things I want to work on.

Some (most?) of the stuff that sucked was effectively life giving me a slap upside the head to teach me something that it'd been trying to teach me for years. In all cases, I eventually got the point - it just took a lot, sometimes. And often took other people's perspectives, since I'm pretty bad at figuring out what general concept belongs with a bunch of specific examples.

Some of the stuff that sucked was simply a part of growing up in the family I grew up in. There was nothing I could have done differently without also being someone other than myself.

So, now, I find myself wondering. Those of you reading this post - how do you answer the original question? Would you change things in your past? Either way, why?

A similar question would be whether or not one would change stuff that is integral to themselves. In my case, the one thing which I would most want to change is the seasonal affective disorder.

However, I think that I would not. It has taught me quite a lot. It has also made me much stronger, and much better at handling emotional distress and irrationality.

Although, it would be nice to not have to fix up my sentence structure so other people can read it! *shrug* Not sure if I'd change it, though, because I don't know what other effects on my brain changing that would have...
wispfox: (pleased)
I really like the following quote, as seen on [livejournal.com profile] starandrea's post today:

"The more I see, the more I realize that it isn't that nothing matters. It's that everything matters. Every little thing, no matter how insiginficant it might seem, is important to someone. And it's the fact that someone cares that makes it mean something, whether it's natural or inevitable or totally artificial."


I also have a quote in my calendar today which seems vaguely related. Interesting concept...

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
-Elie Wiesel
wispfox: (pleased)
I really like the following quote, as seen on [livejournal.com profile] starandrea's post today:

"The more I see, the more I realize that it isn't that nothing matters. It's that everything matters. Every little thing, no matter how insiginficant it might seem, is important to someone. And it's the fact that someone cares that makes it mean something, whether it's natural or inevitable or totally artificial."


I also have a quote in my calendar today which seems vaguely related. Interesting concept...

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
-Elie Wiesel

One word.

Mar. 9th, 2004 02:33 pm
wispfox: (laughing)
Cross-pollination!

One word.

Mar. 9th, 2004 02:33 pm
wispfox: (laughing)
Cross-pollination!
wispfox: (sleepy)
Pretty post:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/life_extant/14529.html?style=mine#cutid1

Pretty community, too. :)
wispfox: (sleepy)
Pretty post:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/life_extant/14529.html?style=mine#cutid1

Pretty community, too. :)
wispfox: (sleepy)
Y'know, I _really_ hope the whiny note to my mental voice on the way home was because of prolonged exhaustion, and not because I'm coming down with whatever [livejournal.com profile] rosefox and [livejournal.com profile] sinboy have... (yes, my mental voice gets whiny when I'm sick. I get all clingy and needy and it always annoys the hell out of me, simultaneous with wanting to be taken care of. Stupid brain.)

*sigh*

Off to attempt sleep, now. (yes, I do realize it's only 6:15pm)
wispfox: (sleepy)
Y'know, I _really_ hope the whiny note to my mental voice on the way home was because of prolonged exhaustion, and not because I'm coming down with whatever [livejournal.com profile] rosefox and [livejournal.com profile] sinboy have... (yes, my mental voice gets whiny when I'm sick. I get all clingy and needy and it always annoys the hell out of me, simultaneous with wanting to be taken care of. Stupid brain.)

*sigh*

Off to attempt sleep, now. (yes, I do realize it's only 6:15pm)

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