Do you ever regret taking that path?

[Carl East]

Risiaskye mentioned in another thread that a cruise job would be a good idea, and it got me thinking. I had actually looked into working on a cruise ship, but never got around to actually posting my application. I wonder now where I would be had I gone through with it, which brings me to my question. Have you ever come to a fork in the road of life, and in hindsight not taken the right path, or glad that you did.

Carl.

 

[SimplySouthern]

Every single day.

 

[Bonnie Wee Lassie]

Yes I have but if I was to dwell on it I would never enjoy the life I have right now. Looking backwards will only make you get lost in your present life.

 

[Dreamer1]

Have you ever come to a fork in the road of life, and in hindsight not taken the right path, or glad that you did.

Carl.

I have faced several major forks in the road of life. I have to say I am very happy with the big choices I have made. It is normal to wonder "What if?" Just don't let it consume you or take away from the here and now. That is afterall, what life really is.

 

[Ian1]

I recently made a brash decsion that might possible end my career. I don't regret too heavily my choice, but perhaps it was not the best. I believe however that our strength as humans is our power to choose our responses to things and as long as you keep a positive outlook you won't regret a thing in your life. After all, anything that dosen't kill you makes you stronger and bad decsions are included too. Learn from it and don't fuck up again, thats what I plan to do.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

If I could turn back time ..

yea that is true .. i get very consumed in "what if" .. i would go back to time where i would travel a definite fork in my life .. in fact i have it down to the week where i would change it .. it would involve when i would have broken up my marriage .. it would have changed my life for the better .. but ..

unless i can get superman to change back time .. i realize they are wasted wishes and emotions ... but still, especially when i feel down, i am almost able to escape to these fantasies where my decisions were different at the time and changed things for the better ..

it makes me very indecisive in my life today though .. always second guessing my decisions .. it sucks ..

 

[Xander]

Sure Carl East. But life is too short to sit around and wonder " what if??"

All good things comes to those who wait. And that's exactly what happend

 

[Bushido71XS]

I sure do, but then again, that decision helped make me who I am today.

 

[Slut_boy]

.......... and if only I had a dollar for every wrong fork that I have chosen *laughs*

 

[Oliver Clozoff]

Southie,

No need to second-guess yourself. Your decision to become a sultry and sassy sex-goddess was well-advised. (that was a conscious decision, wasn't it?

The decision to get it on with a cop on the hood of a police car, however... ummmmm... nevermind. I'm just jealous of that lucky cop.

but then there's your chosen profession...

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I got into the habit long ago of never regretting anything. I'm sure if you put me in a time machine and said, "Would you do this again", I might change my mind, certainly, but I don't ever think about it now.

I do always think about one particular axiom though, and keep it in mind to prevent myself from making bad fork decisions: "No one ever had printed on their tombstone 'I wish I'd spent more time at the office.'"

 

[CreamyLady]

I was sorry I didn't tell my parents to get stuffed and major in art when I was 18.

After almost 30 years, I'm back in school, majoring in art.

Sometimes you get a chance to do what you missed, with a lot more experience and discipline than you would have had in the first place. I may not have the raw energy I did then, but I have a better idea of WHO I am, where I've been, and where I want to go.

So, no real regrets . . . all the choices brought me HERE.

 

[Carl East]

Your answer CL made me think, I wondered how many people chose not to take that path, but then got a second chance later on.

Carl.

 

[FlamingoBlue]

I believe....

that everything you do and every "path" you take is right, for you. That is the way I now look at life.

I try to learn something from everything that happens in my life. That's why words like "right" and "wrong" hold little meaning for me.

blue

 

[Isabella Thorne]

oh oh i am being naughty again ...

Originally posted by FlamingoBlue That's why words like "right" and "wrong" hold little meaning for me. blue

.... ahhhh yes wise words indeed from the esteemed lawyer .. LMAO .. oh oh ... i was naughty again ...

mmmmmmmm you know what .. since this is Sir Carl's thread anyway ... hmmmmm and you BOTH know how naughty i really am ... well what can i say ....

spank me .. spank my naughty bum ... please Sirs ... lmao .. no seriously ..

 

[Carl East]

Re: oh oh i am being naughty again ...

spank me .. spank my naughty bum ... please Sirs ... lmao .. no seriously .. [/B]

Isabella, sometimes when we ask we recieve, so get over my lap you little minx, and prepare for a spanking.lol

Carl.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Sir Carl ... darling ....... "little minx" you say ..oooooooooooooooooh god i lovvvvvvvvve it ......

well my darling Sir .. do you want me to take my panties off first .. or would you prefer to rip them off by your own hands ..

i know i know i am being really tarty tonight .. even tartier than usual .. damn .. lmao

 

[Carl East]

well my darling Sir .. do you want me to take my panties off first .. or would you prefer to rip them off by your own hands ..

Actually Bella, I was thinking of using my teeth, and perhaps getting a little closer to the action, if you know what I mean.lol

Carl.

 

[Skitten]

I think we all have regret of things we might have differently or things I could have done, or things I should have done. But why worry about that you have to consider now what is the best for you to do now.

How to make yourself and your loved ones happy how you can make your life better now is more important, than worrying about what you should have done. You have to move forward and look towards the goals you have set for yourself.

And try not looking back it doesn't do anyone any good for you or anyone else.

 

[Cheri]

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
-Goddard Robert Hutchings

Interesting quote I ran across and thought of this thread. Kinda gives me hope for the future instead of just regrets for the past.

 

[Never]

I have regretted many things I have done, I have done many things that I regret.
It might seem odd given my age but I'm obsessed with the idea that I'm squandering my time on this planet, that I will have died with no one to morn me and nothing to remember me by. I realize that my body will fade soon, my opportunities will slip pass my fingers and I will be left in a shallow pool of misery of my own making before I simply fade into black. That pool is what I regret; not only knowing that I did not do what I should have but that I didn't not enjoy doing what I shouldn't have.
In both a literal or figurative sense, I have neither love nor money, passion nor stability, youth nor wisdom. I've often wondered if my griping of the world's meaninglessness is less an honest search for truth than the fear that whatever meaning my life might have had I have tossed to the wind for a handful of coppers such are comfort and languish.
I'm certain this sounds very melodramatic but what else is melodrama then a vigorous denial of barrenness? Anyway, I'm getting inane now so without further ado.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Some are quick to take the bait and land
The perfect prize which lays upon the shelf.

 

[Carl East]

Never, you paint a bleak picture there, I hope things are alright with you, but if they aren't please contact me if you need to talk.

Carl.

 

[FlamingoBlue]

Never....

have I read such a passionate statement. You may say that you are lacking in other things,Never, but passion certainly isn't one of them.

blue

 

[Adoratrice]

NEVER......regardless of your age you are extremely intriguing...I do not know you personally nor have I ever had a conversation with you but your wisdom & grasp on life is the first thing that hit me from this entire forum. I have touched base with you on a few posts but have admired you from afar for the most part due to my fear of looking a fool. The meaninglessness of life is something that touches us all...we all fear it...some try to convince others just how much meaning "their" lives are worth...big cars,manicured lawns,trophy wife....all the epitome of meaninglessness when it comes down to it. To have a soul such as yours is what many seek , how sad for those who will never reach your level of consciousness...myself included. Stability comes with time & sometimes instability keeps things interesting. Money is what society tells you that you need. As far as not having Love...it's in you girl, trust me on that one. Do what makes you happy and you will find your meaning.
Retreating to my corner now.

 

[lethal_heartbreaker]

in answer to your question. I had came to a fork in the road. Had many signs to go the other way. But decided to go the wrong way and well (that is for me to know).
So i wish i took the other way.
I say you should always follow your gut.

And you could also answer this question another way. If you knew what you know now would you go back and change something from your past.
Remember the past made you who are today. and what if changing the past will make it worse.