Fast forward from yesterday.
Way Back Machine
Yesterday I went from posting here to twitter, where a friend asked me, “If you could go back in a time machine to wherever you wanted, where would it be?”
I thought this was a cool question. Where would I stop off? I actually spent a couple of hours talking about my growing-up years with my friends, and we each learned things about each other.
Are we happy where we are? For the most part. Do we have things we would change or improve? I would say, “Yes, of course.” If your life is so wonderful that you answer no, then you better find the biggest charity you can and give until it hurts.
Hurt and disappointment are part of the bundle of living, together with ecstasy and comfort. Pain, I think, is the bumper in the bowling lane that keeps your ball from spending too much time in the gutter.
So it is not wrong to want to avoid pain- it is pretty damned natural, in fact. It doesn’t mean that you discount the precious things in your life by reassessing what is important- either by looking around you or looking back. I think that is a healthy form of self-improvement.
My friend Debbie Kirkland said it best, I think:
“If I could do it again.. I would have spent waay more time on the ski jump under the moon with wine chilling in the lake.”
As for me? I would spend more time with something on my head:
