Go Back In Time Or Guaranteed Happiness For The Remainder Of Your Life

You are given a choice to go back in time and all will be exactly as it was but you will be aware of this second chance to live. The option you have is to reject this in favor of guaranteed happiness for you remaining years. Which of the two would you choose?

rhinefire said:

You are given a choice to go back in time and all will be exactly as it was but you will be aware of this second chance to live. The option you have is to reject this in favor of guaranteed happiness for you remaining years. Which of the two would you choose?

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I think the first might help the second come to pass.

rhinefire said:

You are given a choice to go back in time and all will be exactly as it was but you will be aware of this second chance to live. The option you have is to reject this in favor of guaranteed happiness for you remaining years. Which of the two would you choose?

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Interesting question. I would choose guaranteed happiness. I would choose that because even if I went back into time to fix my mistakes or regrets, that's not guaranteeing I won't make even worse ones and be much worse off than I am now. Also even if I lived the second time in a very similar same way, I would lose my daughter and I wouldn't want that for all the second chances.

Personally, neither. I'm accepting of whatever Fate awaits me in this life. Going back just gives you the chance to repeat all the mistakes (knowing how they'll turn out this time) and happiness is not guaranteed in this life so we all need to learn to deal with that.

My regrets of the past are minimal. Happiness in the future is never guaranteed, and one must work for it.

I'll take my life as it stands.

There is a certain red head I would kinda like one more time...but I agree with Tigger, I dont think I could be happy if I knew I was going to be.

Tigger said:

Personally, neither. I'm accepting of whatever Fate awaits me in this life. Going back just gives you the chance to repeat all the mistakes (knowing how they'll turn out this time) and happiness is not guaranteed in this life so we all need to learn to deal with that.

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GottaGo said:

My regrets of the past are minimal. Happiness in the future is never guaranteed, and one must work for it.

I'll take my life as it stands.

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There is in this question, get it? It's the "philosophical" section not the the pragmatic section. It's not real OK? Get It now?

A happy life is one with fewer regrets. But sometimes our regrets are our greatest life lessons that allows us to grow in wisdom.

vesper said:

A happy life is one with fewer regrets. But sometimes our regrets are our greatest life lessons that allows us to grow in wisdom.

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Well said, Vesper. Tis true. :thumbs:

Good morning. :2wave:

rhinefire said:

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With all due respect neither if your offered options hold any interest for me as I see the world.

rhinefire said:

You are given a choice to go back in time and all will be exactly as it was but you will be aware of this second chance to live.

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All will be as it was? That sounds like torture. You'd basically watch yourself do things for years up to your current age. Is that what you mean?

The happiness thing (should I have to choose one), because not only could going back in time screw up my own life, but it could also screw up other lives as well. I am a firm believer in the butterfly effect.

Let us say that I decide that a simple thing such as getting my drivers' license when I am a teenager is going to make my life so much better. But then I do that, and I was right all along about my issues with being a distracted or nervous driver and cause an accident, or multiple accidents, or even a major accident. Lives could easily be lost simply because of me making that decision. But maybe it doesn't stop there. Because after so much in a person's life is changed, they no longer will really know what happens after that. Heck, if allowed back to my teenage years, I couldn't even look up my husband to try to establish an earlier relationship (it would be illegal until I was about 21, and weird even a couple of years after that). And maybe I never make it to Hawaii by the time our ages are right to actually hook up with him. I think people can have more than one love in their lives, but I think there would also be that regret there too because I love being with my husband and our kids now.

Tigger said:

Personally, neither. I'm accepting of whatever Fate awaits me in this life. Going back just gives you the chance to repeat all the mistakes (knowing how they'll turn out this time) and happiness is not guaranteed in this life so we all need to learn to deal with that.

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