Butterfly Effect would you?

[Rdutch 0]

I finally thought of one myself, after thinking hard I thought I wouldn't buy the stilletto 135 after 300 jumps 4 years ago. What it would change is I wouldn't have the titanium I have in my leg now, Oh, damn scratch that, cause at the rate I was going breaking my leg probably taught me the lesson that kept me from killing myself, Well maybe changing small things isn't always good.

Ray
Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

[Paige 0]

Ray stay in one piece please. We need you whole
I don't think I would change anything. There is a lot of stuff that I might think about but it would change who I am today and I think I'm an alright person. I like what I've stumbled into in my life and I'm glad to have met everyone that I have. I love my friends, wouldn't want a new set.

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[Sheenster303 0]

Hmmmm........let's see here.......what would I change?

For one thing I would go back to the second time my ex-boyfriend and I got back together and not do it. That way he wouldn't have cheated on his girlfriend and I wouldn't have been put into the situation of "the other woman". (I didn't know about it by the way so it wasn't done knowingly)

I would go back and not be so mean to my family as I grew up.

I would go back and not waste my time being friends with people who cared nothing about me. I want all those times back when I gave my all and received nothing in return. Goes for relationships too.

Hopefully as I continue on in my life, I won't want to change anything else. I should just do it right the first time.

I'm so funny I crack my head open!

P.M.S. #102

[Skyrose7 0]

I'm with VanillaSkyGirl on this one.

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The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP.
MaryRose

[bobsled92 0]

I would have stayed on the path to Orthopedic surgery rather than patient.
As glamoris as my life and it's paycheck to paycheck life style is, I think that 1 inncodent that forced me into my present path was a major error or tear in my "time continuem", not fate.
I wake up almost every day wondering How did I get here, SHIT! I did wake up and this is my life.
It's like somewhere prior, I was broke and needed some cash, and just realized, "HEY, it wasn't my lung that I wanted to sell!" Now it's hard to breath everyday and I can't belive it's real.
Yeah, it's that kind of feeling I get, every day.
*********I'd go back, where's the button?--hit it!

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[Ron 10]

I would change a lot.

I would go visit my friend Mike at Emerald coast the weekend we had planned...That way he would not have been at the other DZ when the engine quit...And he would be alive today.

I would have gone to school at 21 instead of 31.

There are a few things I said I would take back....

But since you can't go back I'll quit thinking about it.

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334

[Casie 0]

It's very tempting that's for sure, but overall I wouldn't. The choices you make make you who you are today. No one is perfect & therefore everyone has made some wrong moves, but it ultimately makes you a stronger/better person today

~Porn Kitty
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[flyangel2 2]

There would be one thing I wish I could have changed. Made sure that Jack didn't get on the plane on Dec. 8th, 1996. He left behind me and two sons

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[QuickDraw 0]

I would have the virgin mary on the pill, thats for sure.

-- Hope you don't die. --

I'm fucking winning

[ACMESkydiver 0]

If I could go back in time, I wouldn't have given my twins immunizations until they were 2 years old at least....then maybe they wouldn't suffer with Autism...

But actually I need a time machine to fast-forward to the future and find the definitive truth about Autism and it's causes...then I would go back and prevent my beautiful angels from ever developing this nightmare.

-This disability has made us strong in some ways as a family, but has stretched us to the breaking point as well...and nothing is worth watching my sons struggle with daily life and suffer...

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[RoysPlayThing 0]

I brought this thread back up because chopchop and I watched this movie last night. I thought it was kind of twisted and disturbing at first the way the movie started out, but then (to me) became a very powerful movie-both in good ways and bad ways.
What a powerfull tool we would have if we could actually do this... I believe the thing that would have made my life better was if I could change the father I was born to. I think that would have made the best and biggest impact on the life I have lived up to this point, but I still believe that I would be where I am today in some ways but with less struggle getting here.

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My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.

[peregrinerose 0]

Everyone has issues, whether crappy parents or something else. If my parents weren't abusive, if I wasn't molested by my mother and beaten regularly by my both parents, yes, my childhood would have been 'better'. But what effect would that have?

I wouldn't be the compassionate person I am now. I wouldn't be planning on adopting foster kids that are 4+ years old and siblings when I'm ready for kids, because I wouldn't have the empathy of knowing what kind of crappy life and mental hurdles those kids have to face. I wouldn't be nearly as independent and feisty and stubborn as I am now. I wouldn't have excelled in school since that was the only thing that gave me some sense of worth at the time, which means I wouldn't be a doctor, making a very real difference in the daily lives of my patients (legally blind/visually impaired). Basically I wouldn't be me any more, and I love living life in my own skin.

I hate what I went through, but see it as a double edged sword as most things are. I choose to see the benefits rather than focus on festering in the past.

Every tribulation can either beat you down or make you strong, it just depends on how you deal with it. Every past pain can either still control you or make you more sensitive to the humanness of other people.

Jen

Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

[nws01 0]

I would not have left my car at a dropzone where the owner stole it. That would have saved me 12 grand.

[RoysPlayThing 0]

Very well said Jen! Put in this perspective made me think, and you are right... with similar bad experiences growing up, These experiences have made me a stronger, and more sensitive person to others as well as my own heart, and the compassion I have for children is boundless.

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My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

I wouldn't change a thing..as painful as so much of my past has been, it's all been a learning experience and growth OPPORTUNITY. Good or bad..it's all happened for a reason..to teach me the lessons of life. When I've stopped learning and growing and I've fulfilled my purpose here, its GAME OVER time. I think my purpose is to positively impact the lives of others, to love, to encourage, and bring a smile to the face of everyone I meet.

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[Rdutch 0]

Well said, you live you learn, what you go through in life makes you who you are today. Last time I checked Im a pretty happy person, so I wouldn't change a thing.

Ray
Small and fast what every girl dreams of!

[Ncrowe 0]

I probably would go back to high school and instead of smoking weed all day try to get a better education and score more ass. Then again I could be unhappily married still in beaumont texas hating life instead of being a 25 year old single skydiver living in fort lauderdale

"Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! "

[Botellines 0]

There is so many things i would change... So many bad decision, untohught words...

I am quite happy with who i am, but there is some lessons i didn´t want to learn. And i still think that i would be happier had i not learned those lessons.

[catfishhunter 2]

I am lucky I lived through it the FIRST time. Hell no would I go back and try it again....

MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT
Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose.

[froglady 0]

I've thought and talk with friends on this quiet a lot. One of those friends sent me this.

"One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while
nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless."

--Merle Shain