every once in a while, i very sorely miss the absence of an undo button in life.
i would have liked that very much.
or a do over. that would do too. how easily kids can stop a game in the middle and go, no, no, no, lets stop and start again.
i find that so spiritually uplifting it is hard to describe. i wish adults could do that. whatever nonsense, garbage, bad blood happened if i could let it go and you could let it go and we could just start from the beginning. tabla rasa. clean it up, get back the blank slate. there is a lot of good in that argument.
of course there are those other arguments of not making the same mistake twice, if someone fools you once, shame on them, if they fool you twice, shame on you. etc etc. i get them. it is hard to knowingly let someone fool you again, but....
see, that is why i was looking for an undo button. you can go back, and it never happened. i actually had thought this one out. i usually do. that's my thing. my pastime. i think.
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also, i wish i had MS toolbar to cover flaws - instead of using a concealer - the effects of which last only a few hours :-(
~gina, sf
LOL! sure, only i do not even know how to use a concealer properly, so there, i do not even get the few hours :(
:D life's woes.
I'm in my adult rational mode now...Once a deed is done or something is said, it can't be undone or unsaid. That's just wishful thinking - which kids can engage in but as adults we cannot get away with. I believe the best way to "undo" something is to try and make amends, try to make up for it, apologize profusely and really change your behaviour and your thinking process that made you do what you now regret and wish you could undo. Learn from the experience and don't let it happen again. I'm speaking from experience when I've been the one who said or did something really stupid. I've tried this strategy and it does work to make things better. Now there are some people who just aren't into forgiving, so you may not always be forgiven, but you can come away with a great learning and life-changing experience and once in a while even be forgiven. And that's sweet. :)
oh :( i am in perpetual child mode. ok, not perpetual, just 99%.
and yes, this is wishful thinking, complete, unbridled, unrestricted, fantastical flight of imagination.
:D
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