tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post3223847356146264467..comments2024-03-28T10:46:45.260-04:00Comments on The AC is On: Running Off a Cliff and Out of Time ItselfAnvilcloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-6320797195639158812016-06-12T09:20:18.194-04:002016-06-12T09:20:18.194-04:00Seems as though your readers enjoyed your zigging ...Seems as though your readers enjoyed your zigging and zagging...so, I will take your curses.<br />KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-71167582619856501842016-06-10T15:26:01.275-04:002016-06-10T15:26:01.275-04:00I have often wished that I could go back in time a...I have often wished that I could go back in time and erase bad choices that I made in my younger years. Smoking is one that really would have changed my life now. At least I did finally quit, but I am sure not soon enough. But you are right...any little change would alter who we are today. Coloring Outside the Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289093479063221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-15331781205159936562016-06-10T07:04:04.835-04:002016-06-10T07:04:04.835-04:00Too funny - a clever take on this writing prompt, ...Too funny - a clever take on this writing prompt, for certain!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486615365996129744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-73239395332794576152016-06-09T12:11:06.481-04:002016-06-09T12:11:06.481-04:00My now self would suggest I not smoke. My younger...My now self would suggest I not smoke. My younger self would ignore me. Ah well.Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-51595636197931358662016-06-09T02:55:28.036-04:002016-06-09T02:55:28.036-04:00My younger self would love to see my older self to...My younger self would love to see my older self to know that I'm still alive. I was a anxious kid, full of worries, I think I'd be shocked by how I look, but pleased I have two daughters, and that I'm still being me. LL Cool Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916666100971008775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-57611295190349363802016-06-08T08:18:24.151-04:002016-06-08T08:18:24.151-04:00enjoyed thisenjoyed thisshortybearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104822128450697901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-11860795543614095522016-06-07T20:27:15.634-04:002016-06-07T20:27:15.634-04:00Hi AC. Love this post. I think about stuff like th...Hi AC. Love this post. I think about stuff like this ALL the time. Too much, probably. I love the idea that time and space are very fluid and we may be here, in this consciousness, but we may also be somewhere else in our lives the next plane over and maybe we can visit our former and future selves and influence outcomes. I'm not sure what would happen to your future self, though. Can there be seperate realities on all the planes? Can you live out your life one way on this plane and be on a totally different path on that one? I read a lot of Omni magazine stories back in the day. Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609788440028784698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-1347681988857640032016-06-07T19:33:17.733-04:002016-06-07T19:33:17.733-04:00I am laughing at the image of your young self meet...I am laughing at the image of your young self meeting your older self! You sound very contented with the way your life turned out and that is admirable. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-67877816259353953592016-06-07T16:38:17.088-04:002016-06-07T16:38:17.088-04:00I don't think my young self would have listene...I don't think my young self would have listened, anyway! :-(Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-16284062877304620202016-06-07T12:06:50.636-04:002016-06-07T12:06:50.636-04:00Yes, but what if Younger self did NOT jump off a c...Yes, but what if Younger self did NOT jump off a cliff but instead quizzed you on what he had yet to meet. What if you coached him to meet all the challenges better than you had done. What if .............. then who would you be. And would your back hurt? I would love to go back to my younger self and deliver a lecture about posture, stretching and not being a big show-off by lifting more than she should.<br />Love time conundrums.MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-82637861632857225592016-06-06T21:32:35.575-04:002016-06-06T21:32:35.575-04:00Like my hubs and I always say if it wasn't for...Like my hubs and I always say if it wasn't for our shady pasts we would never of met , both of us went through hard marriages , losses and what not and we both believe it was all that , that had brought us together , neither of us has changed much from our younger selves just a little wiser , more tolerant and find happiness in the simple things now , oh and a few more aches and pains all part of the process. Good post . Thanks for sharing , Have a good week ! Country Gal https://www.blogger.com/profile/08693944554850315123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-71981787839499614532016-06-06T19:49:45.765-04:002016-06-06T19:49:45.765-04:00I completely resonate with your line of thinking h...I completely resonate with your line of thinking here. In an episode of Chicago PD a young detective asked an older detective about regretting mistakes. The experienced man replied that if he hadn't made the mistakes that he DID make, he simply would have made different mistakes. Very similar to your perspective here, and refreshing. A different choice would lead to a different road. Not better, not worse, just different. altar egohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564052536173244610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-56590217288622193112016-06-06T17:27:08.501-04:002016-06-06T17:27:08.501-04:00If I could change anything, I would have finished ...If I could change anything, I would have finished "teacher college" and went into teaching much earlier. Otherwise, I like my the way my life has turned out. I am sorry that my time with my wife was cut short, but knowing she loved me even as she drew her last breath brings me great comfort. I, like you, could have zigged instead of zagged, but life turned out wonderful with the path I took. I married the right woman all those years ago, after a couple of near mistakes, and that made all the difference! Without her encouragement and sometimes a "behind kick" things might have been a whole lot different!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048908920247516125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-27038157138212137382016-06-06T05:21:31.325-04:002016-06-06T05:21:31.325-04:00I think the word 'relax' might be more tha...I think the word 'relax' might be more than enough if I were talking to my younger self. But, since it most likely is never going to happen, I might as well tell myself now: relax. <br /><br />It feels good!Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04464946195661953578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-32024612235975492202016-06-06T04:23:05.549-04:002016-06-06T04:23:05.549-04:00Thought there is A LOT that I wish I had done diff...Thought there is A LOT that I wish I had done differently as a younger man...I am not sure I would change a thing. I think everything (the good and the bad) shapes who we are. Some of my most valuable lessons were learned after I had made some terrible mistakes in life...Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-58836955614275611632016-06-05T21:53:43.579-04:002016-06-05T21:53:43.579-04:00What fun! Now you've got me thinking. There ar...What fun! Now you've got me thinking. There are things that I like to think I would have done differently, but you're right... it may have changed who I am now. Coincidentally I just read a book about time travel where the hero and heroine wonder what would have happened if they bumped into an older version of themselves... or discovered they had died.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-22342921937823554332016-06-05T21:31:32.416-04:002016-06-05T21:31:32.416-04:00Good analysis and food for thought. Would mistakes...Good analysis and food for thought. Would mistakes be bad enough to warrant never having lived. Some I guess might, but the average persons, I think not. Such a decision!<br /><br />Then there's the theory of the expanding universe and all the alternate realities that exist regarding choices. Mind boggling!Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882722634065183364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-6089938901778725282016-06-05T15:55:52.872-04:002016-06-05T15:55:52.872-04:00Hmmmm I definitely have some advice to the younger...Hmmmm I definitely have some advice to the younger me, for instance travel the world while you have the energy and definitely don't get married far too young to the first guy who looks like a good bet, but then, as you say, I would be a different person, my children and/or grandchildren would be different or might not exist at all, and that would be a shame as I quite like them the way they are! Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-49522570121498640192016-06-05T13:25:03.884-04:002016-06-05T13:25:03.884-04:00Loved this!!! Thanks for the humor and insight of ...Loved this!!! Thanks for the humor and insight of it.Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14826899900356202742noreply@blogger.com