I don’t think I would do anything – other than maybe a spectator – I wouldn’t want to relive my life, as I would probably muck it up even more, so that when I arrived “back” – too many things to resolve 🙂
I wouldn’t use it to go backwards either. Maybe to fast forward if I were dying and in pain. It would be nice to know I had a choice even if I didn’t use it.
Not sure how time machine works. If it gives the option of briefly visiting another time to then return to the now I’d love to be the young child living with her beloved grandparents, revisit a week in Switzerland when I was about seventeen/eighteen, and – fast forward – see my son in his old age.
knowing how short my time was with them all… I would go back of course and be with my parents and gram and my beloved bob.
that sounds so corny I guess. but though there were next to none or even very few bad times… I was like most young people and took it for granted they would be there.
I don’t make that mistake now with my marine. each day is precious.
and I don’t ever use the word precious lightly.
too soon old. too late smart!
I saw Thornton Wilder’s Our Town when I was around 12 and it made a big impression on me. It was about how precious life is and how we don’t value it. A lot of people have an epiphany when they have a near-death experience. That play had that effect on me.
I feel about Andy the way you feel about the marine. Our time together is finite and to be cherished while we still have it.
There are certainly many opportunities for a ‘do-over’ in my life, but most of all I’d love a visit back to my childhood, especially to see my younger siblings when they were small, and my mother when she was alive and young.
I don’t think I would do anything – other than maybe a spectator – I wouldn’t want to relive my life, as I would probably muck it up even more, so that when I arrived “back” – too many things to resolve 🙂
and when I got “back” so much would’ve happened, that I missed…
I wouldn’t use it to go backwards either. Maybe to fast forward if I were dying and in pain. It would be nice to know I had a choice even if I didn’t use it.
Not sure how time machine works. If it gives the option of briefly visiting another time to then return to the now I’d love to be the young child living with her beloved grandparents, revisit a week in Switzerland when I was about seventeen/eighteen, and – fast forward – see my son in his old age.
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Yes, the idea is to be able to zip back to the present when you were ready. If we’re going to do magic, we might as well make it what we want.
I would like to go back to the time of pastoral life in India.
What years would that be? (Approximately.)
knowing how short my time was with them all… I would go back of course and be with my parents and gram and my beloved bob.
that sounds so corny I guess. but though there were next to none or even very few bad times… I was like most young people and took it for granted they would be there.
I don’t make that mistake now with my marine. each day is precious.
and I don’t ever use the word precious lightly.
too soon old. too late smart!
and I LOVE that cartoon! LOLOL! i’m a little like the dog too.
I saw Thornton Wilder’s Our Town when I was around 12 and it made a big impression on me. It was about how precious life is and how we don’t value it. A lot of people have an epiphany when they have a near-death experience. That play had that effect on me.
I feel about Andy the way you feel about the marine. Our time together is finite and to be cherished while we still have it.
There are certainly many opportunities for a ‘do-over’ in my life, but most of all I’d love a visit back to my childhood, especially to see my younger siblings when they were small, and my mother when she was alive and young.
I wouldn’t want to go back, even to the best times. I have a feeling of closure about the past.
Early twentieth century.
I don’t think going back would be better. After all, everyone would still be the people we were then so we’d still make the same mistakes.
Agreed! I’d rather be me now.