Comments on: The weekend What If? http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/ Writerly dude Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:42:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anne L.B. http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3581 Anne L.B. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:18:54 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3581 Billy, I finally have an answer to the question of whether I would go back to change the past, given the opportunity. It took a whole post to answer: <a href="http://building-his-body.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">FLAME</a> Billy, I finally have an answer to the question of whether I would go back to change the past, given the opportunity. It took a whole post to answer: FLAME

]]> By: tsholo http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3347 tsholo Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:28:45 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3347 as you say hindsight has 20/20 vision whereas foresight does not. there are choices that i made in my past that i'm not proud of...however, with the knowledge and experience i had back then, it's not surprising that i made the choices that i did...and even though i'm not proud of them, i don't regret them because they led me to where i am now.<br /><br />so no...i wouldn't want to relive that time of my life. i'm a different person now than i was back then and i'm comcerned with who i am and who i'm becoming, not who i was. as you say hindsight has 20/20 vision whereas foresight does not. there are choices that i made in my past that i'm not proud of…however, with the knowledge and experience i had back then, it's not surprising that i made the choices that i did…and even though i'm not proud of them, i don't regret them because they led me to where i am now.

so no…i wouldn't want to relive that time of my life. i'm a different person now than i was back then and i'm comcerned with who i am and who i'm becoming, not who i was.

]]> By: Brenda http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3345 Brenda Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:29:48 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3345 I think I'm gonna say yes, I'd like to go back and do it all over again starting at age 16. Crazy, uh? But I wouldn't want to be able to retain any memories of my current life.<br /><br />Of course if I did have the chance to do it all over again, I'm sure I'd just screw things up in a different way. Lol! I think I'm gonna say yes, I'd like to go back and do it all over again starting at age 16. Crazy, uh? But I wouldn't want to be able to retain any memories of my current life.

Of course if I did have the chance to do it all over again, I'm sure I'd just screw things up in a different way. Lol!

]]> By: Candace Jean July 16 http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3344 Candace Jean July 16 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:41:20 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3344 Though I would love do-overs in many, many things, if I had them, I would not be where I am with God right now. Not that it's perfect, but it's certainly better than it was when I was making stupid decisions, and that was His intention. So no, keep me here, painful as it is sometimes. And keep me moving toward Him.<br /><br />I really can't believe how much cake Katdish ate. Though I would love do-overs in many, many things, if I had them, I would not be where I am with God right now. Not that it's perfect, but it's certainly better than it was when I was making stupid decisions, and that was His intention. So no, keep me here, painful as it is sometimes. And keep me moving toward Him.

I really can't believe how much cake Katdish ate.

]]> By: katdish http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3343 katdish Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:51:11 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3343 I would go back 4 hours ago when I ate that extra piece of chocolate birthday cake. I didn't need to do that.<br /><br />And you really should quit punching Anne. She's a nice lady... I would go back 4 hours ago when I ate that extra piece of chocolate birthday cake. I didn't need to do that.

And you really should quit punching Anne. She's a nice lady…

]]> By: Helen http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3342 Helen Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:19:25 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3342 I would not want to risk not having what I have now. God provided me with loving parents, and a loving husband. I wouldn't want to mess with that. I would not want to risk not having what I have now. God provided me with loving parents, and a loving husband. I wouldn't want to mess with that.

]]> By: Live well - Laugh often - Love much! http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3341 Live well - Laugh often - Love much! Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:07:39 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3341 I have learned some good things in the past 5 years since I received life-threatening injuries in a vehicle accident. But with the physical pain, lifestyle changes and dramatic scars I now live with, I wish I could go back to May 20, 2004 and leave 10 minutes earlier or later, so we wouldn't be involved in that nasty accident!<br />I'm an optimist, so I'm living, laughing and loving - even with my issues. God is love and he's given me the strength and hope to survive near death and the horrendous recovery that followed. <br />And I think God, the creator of all, is big enough to have taught me what I learned without needing this accident to do it. I don't think he caused it to teach me anything, it happened because at times, life sucks and accidents happen, and then, because I asked for his wisdom/etc. he used it for good. <br />As for retaining memory of the life I would be giving up - I would be happy to forget a lot of the pain of the past 5 years. I have learned some good things in the past 5 years since I received life-threatening injuries in a vehicle accident. But with the physical pain, lifestyle changes and dramatic scars I now live with, I wish I could go back to May 20, 2004 and leave 10 minutes earlier or later, so we wouldn't be involved in that nasty accident!
I'm an optimist, so I'm living, laughing and loving – even with my issues. God is love and he's given me the strength and hope to survive near death and the horrendous recovery that followed.
And I think God, the creator of all, is big enough to have taught me what I learned without needing this accident to do it. I don't think he caused it to teach me anything, it happened because at times, life sucks and accidents happen, and then, because I asked for his wisdom/etc. he used it for good.
As for retaining memory of the life I would be giving up – I would be happy to forget a lot of the pain of the past 5 years.

]]> By: Doug Spurling http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3340 Doug Spurling Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:06:20 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3340 Holy mackerel ! These are hard questions. I think I've spent the first half of my life making as many mistakes as humanly possible, "hey ya'll watch this" type stuff. Now I can tell my kids and grand kids, "you may not want to do that... I've already tried it and it hurts." Would I like to have done things differently? Absolutely. God is so awesome at how He works all things together for good and weaves a masterpiece out of a mess. Two finches above said it so well, " But the fall out and recovery from those times was taken by God and woven into the fabric of me...I cannot remove one part because I would begin to unravel!" I don't want to go back. I'd most likely just find a whole new set of mistakes to make anyway. Holy mackerel ! These are hard questions. I think I've spent the first half of my life making as many mistakes as humanly possible, "hey ya'll watch this" type stuff. Now I can tell my kids and grand kids, "you may not want to do that… I've already tried it and it hurts." Would I like to have done things differently? Absolutely. God is so awesome at how He works all things together for good and weaves a masterpiece out of a mess. Two finches above said it so well, " But the fall out and recovery from those times was taken by God and woven into the fabric of me…I cannot remove one part because I would begin to unravel!" I don't want to go back. I'd most likely just find a whole new set of mistakes to make anyway.

]]> By: christy rose http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3339 christy rose Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:31:27 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3339 I would not change anything if I would lose the life I have lived up till now. Each phase of life brings new wisdom. I would not change anything if I would lose the life I have lived up till now. Each phase of life brings new wisdom.

]]> By: Terri Tiffany http://www.billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-3338 Terri Tiffany Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:37:10 +0000 http://billycoffey.com/2009/07/the-weekend-what-if/#comment-3338 My thoughts immediately went back to when we decided to move to Fl 8 years ago-and then we wouldn't be unemployed now. But then I also remembered my daughter wouldn't have found her husband and I wouldn't have my grandson. So no, no matter what my current circumstances, I wouldn't erase any time. My thoughts immediately went back to when we decided to move to Fl 8 years ago-and then we wouldn't be unemployed now. But then I also remembered my daughter wouldn't have found her husband and I wouldn't have my grandson. So no, no matter what my current circumstances, I wouldn't erase any time.

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