if it quirks..

If you could go back in time or forward in time, would you do it? There’s always that moment of nostalgia that floods my chest and butterflies there. I have to resuscitate myself sometimes when I think about “the good old days”. We like to think that things were better when we were younger. Was it? Or maybe we just weren’t paying that close of attention. And I’m sure that parents everywhere are grateful for that because they had enough to worry about besides scared, frightened kids.

If I had the ability to go back in time, I wouldn’t. Don’t mess with time.

Don’t.

Things have passed a certain way and that is that. Do not stray off the path. That’s what I learned from Ray Bradbury when I read “Sound of Thunder”. Going back in time creates all kinds of scenarios. What do you do if you meet yourself? What do you do if someone you know recognizes you? How you deal with a situation now would change the course of who you were and ultimately change you in the future. Your past is connected to your present and future self. If you were happy with yourself in your present, then why mess with it?

The good old days don’t actually exist. We humans are predictable. We have a tendency to go for the wrong thing. WE are attracted to bad stuff. Bad boys. Bad girls. Bad money. Bad habits. Bad bets. Bad deals. Bad, bad, bad. Regrets are rampant in the present, but do you really think that things would be that different if you could change it all? What fresh bad could you introduce by changing your course or another’s course in the past?