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Fee
Member

since 2000-08-07

Posts 381
Melbourne, Australia

0 posted 2006-01-24 10:54 PM

For us to have a fresh new start
I need to tidy up the past

I need the strength to carry on
I need to correct the things I’ve wronged

To move forward, first I must go back
To find the place I went off track

I need to learn from my mistakes
Believe in myself and keep my faith

Expressions,
are the most important aspects, they create impressions

0'.".'0 Just
((T)) Thinking
(..)(..) Of you
(```)_(```)

RedStoneEB
Senior Member

since 2003-06-08

Posts 772
uk

1 posted 2006-01-25 05:03 AM

If you edited the past you'd have no mistakes to learn from so your theory is pointless cos you can't change anything or you change yourself

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2006-01-25 09:10 AM

You have a great attitude! Right your wrongs and carry on!

May we all learn from our lessons and never have to repeat them!

Love & Light,
EA

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

3 posted 2006-01-25 10:42 AM

I disagree with RedStone....I don't think you are wanting to go back to change anything...just to make some things right and to learn...

Wonderfully said!

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

Fee
Member

since 2000-08-07

Posts 381
Melbourne, Australia

4 posted 2006-01-25 10:43 AM

RedStone, it is true what you say, that without mistakes I would not be who I am, but somewhere I lost who I used to be and before I realised I had.
The person I am now is not as light hearted as before and that hurts people around me.
Thank you for your honest comments, I appreaciate them.

EA- Thank you for your encouraging words.

Hugs to you both. Fee

Expressions,
are the most important aspects, they create impressions

0'.".'0 Just
((T)) Thinking
(..)(..) Of you
(```)_(```)

Fee
Member

since 2000-08-07

Posts 381
Melbourne, Australia

5 posted 2006-01-25 10:45 AM

Susan, you are so right. Thank you for reading my intent.

Big hugs, Fee

Expressions,
are the most important aspects, they create impressions

0'.".'0 Just
((T)) Thinking
(..)(..) Of you
(```)_(```)

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

6 posted 2006-01-25 09:08 PM

Well, now - the title drew me in because I thought you was talkin' bout me!

*smile*

You will get no place (good) in life without learning from your mistakes.

This is beautiful, I love it, so positive.

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

7 posted 2006-01-25 11:07 PM

I need to learn from my mistakes
Believe in myself and keep my faith

Fee, I agree. I think that we all "need to learn
from our mistakes". This is the way we can improve ourselves.
Also, we do need to believe in ourselves and keep the faith.
Thanks for sharing your poem.
Hugs,
Ethel

Fee
Member

since 2000-08-07

Posts 381
Melbourne, Australia

8 posted 2006-01-26 12:08 PM

Littlewing and Ethel,

Thank you so much for your kind words.

Hugs, Fee

Expressions,
are the most important aspects, they create impressions

0'.".'0 Just
((T)) Thinking
(..)(..) Of you
(```)_(```)

brother stone
Junior Member

since 2006-01-25

Posts 28

9 posted 2006-01-26 12:29 PM

brother stone lives half the world away from you but what you say here is something I could have written.

could have written if I were as good a poet as you.

brother stone
Junior Member

since 2006-01-25

Posts 28

10 posted 2006-01-26 12:31 PM

I just read your poem again and it makes me wish I did write it. every word hits me like a hammer.

Fee
Member

since 2000-08-07

Posts 381
Melbourne, Australia

11 posted 2006-01-26 03:27 AM

Brother Stone, maybe my soul and yours had a conversation accross the seas and I penned it for us both...

Thanks for your kindness

Hugs, Fee

Expressions,
are the most important aspects, they create impressions

0'.".'0 Just
((T)) Thinking
(..)(..) Of you
(```)_(```)

Balladeer

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

12 posted 2006-01-26 12:57 PM

Very interesting food for thought here, Fee. First of all, let me say that it is an excellent write and i applaud you for it.

There are two ways to look at it. The first way is as you describe..go back, correct and learn from past mistakes, shed excess baggage and move forward...not a bad philosophy at all.

Looking at it the other way reminds me of one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Captain Picard was dying. His mechanical heart had been damaged. He had gotten a mechanical heart as a result of getting stabbed by a corsican at Star fleet Academy, where Picard had been a rather wild, good times, always ready for a fight recruit. As he lay dying, "Q", that imnipotent rascal with limitless powers, asked Picard if there was anything in his life that he regretted and would change, what would it be? Picard answered that it would be his manner as a youth which caused him problems and resulted in his getting stabbed in the heart. "Q", as he was able to do, turned back time and sent Picard back to the academy (with full knowledge of what would happen) to see if he could avoid the fight. Picard did indeed avoid the fight and was not injured.

The next scene was picard working as an ensign on a starship in a menial position. Naturally, picard did not like this at all, knowing that he had been a star ship captain in his other "reality". He called for a meeting with the first officer and ship's councilor and asked to be considered for a command position. After hemming and hawing and trying to be polite, they told him that he simply didn't have the makings of a command officer - the drive, the desire, the willingness to take chances and risks - was not there.

The bottom line was that the facets of his personality which caused him to be stabbed were also responsible for him attaining the rank of starship captain. Sometimes, to go back and change wrongs is not necessarily the right answer. Acknowledge them and accept them, yes, but everything that has happened to us has made us what we are today and, if you are happy with that, then everything happened as it was supposed to. As Picard said at the end of the show, when all had been resolved, "Life is a tapestry and the unraveling of one thread of its creation can bring damaging results."

So which way is it? Who knows? I only know that your poem made me think and there is no better compliment than that

Fee
Member

since 2000-08-07

Posts 381
Melbourne, Australia

13 posted 2006-01-27 06:06 AM

Balladeer, thank you so much for your thoughts and kind words.

You are right in saying that what we have experienced has helped us to become what we are today, and if we did things different we may not be where we are or as strong as we are.

I guess in saying that, I just wish that I could still be who I am today but made some different choices.... hmmmmm The journey of life.....

Now you have me thinking more :-)

Biggest of hugs, Fee

Expressions,
are the most important aspects, they create impressions

0'.".'0 Just
((T)) Thinking
(..)(..) Of you
(```)_(```)

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