GUSTAV YKEMA'S ARTWORK

If I Could Turn Back Time

By gykema

In life we make choices. They are being made in real time, which means we are deciding under conditions of the moment. Conditions a person factors in while undergoing the process of deciding. These conditions are external as well as internal. Things such as friends who support you with an opinion, your financial situation, family dynamics, environmental circumstances. Internal would include your emotional state of mind, whether you feel under pressure (eg. time constraints). In short there are many, many things your mind will take into account. What prepares you is your past experiences, training and more. You do the best that you can do at that point, and you do have to make that decision.

When looking back you have now accumulated a wealth of lifes’ experiences and may think of that decision made so long ago. Your answer may be different, now that you have experienced the consequences thereof. You will never really know those of the alternative decision. You have become the product of your decisions whether the end product is good or bad will depend on how you accepted the schooling of life. Ideally the result is someone you and others can live with. Someone with pride, respect for others, caring, honest and humble.