If you had one moment to change from your childhood, what would it be?

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  1. Marie Flint profile image74
    Marie Flintposted 11 years ago

    If you had one moment to change from your childhood, what would it be?

  2. Gabriel Wilson profile image90
    Gabriel Wilsonposted 11 years ago

    It would be the moment my Mum left; she needed space. She came back a couple  of years later, but it was too late. I'd already got fed up of playing housewife and cook and I had issues. Yeah, hated that moment; wish I could change it still. Nothing worse than being older then your years; I was 12 smile

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for sharing, Gabriel. I will attempt to deal with these types of problems in the new hub "Nurturing Your Social and Spiritual Life" on which I'm working. Please check back in a few days. May peace fill your  whole being to heal all hurts.

    2. Aupriann Myers profile image59
      Aupriann Myersposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      It is really difficult having to grow up suddenly and before your time due to a parents lack in coping and responsibility. Just remember you are a strong person for adapting and stepping up when you were needed regardless of your age.

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    Larry Wallposted 11 years ago

    It would have to be the day we moved from the house that has been the family home for years to a rent house. That started a trend of moving several times. One of the moves forced me to change school and to try to make new friends. I think I was about nine at that point and was becoming extremely self-conscious about my shortcomings. Having to deal with those issues with a whole new audience was very difficult. I do not know if life would have been better if we had stayed in the old house. It could had been worse in the final analysis. However, we will never know.

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, transitions can be difficult. Some of us adapt better than others. See each day as a wonderful gift filled with new discoveries and opportunities. We are all connected to one another. God has His perfect plan for you always.

  4. RavenBiker profile image61
    RavenBikerposted 11 years ago

    Ignoring my dad's discouragement and trying out for junior high and then onto high school football.  I wanted to be a wide receiver and had the necessary talent for it.  It would have certainly changed my life and my ego for the better as a young adult.

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      RavenBiker, I believe in reincarnation, and I truly think you will have the opportunity to be a wide receiver, possibly in the next life. In the meantime, I hope you are interacting with at least one male high school student to help him play football

  5. duffsmom profile image60
    duffsmomposted 11 years ago

    After my dad died, my mom was alone and lonely so we moved to Oregon to be near her sister. It was a huge change from So. Calif.   I hated it with a passion and after 5 months we moved back to So. Calif.  If I could change it, we never would have moved in the first place.

    Moving back, friendships weren't quite the same, school seemed weird, my best friend had found other kids to play with and the whole thing was totally awkward.

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Your perception had changed. Your resentment undoubtedly changed what I call "auric frequency," thus old relationships no longer served your needs. See that whole problem as a learning experience and fill it with the positive vibration of love.

    2. duffsmom profile image60
      duffsmomposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Well truthfully, I don't even think about it anymore. But the question asked so I searched my "memory bank" for an appropriate response.  I'm over it by now at my age.

  6. samazi profile image72
    samaziposted 11 years ago

    One moment to change from my childhood is  when I was  bed wetting. I hated doing it as a young boy but it just happened naturally and it finally stopped naturally I could n't stop it but I hated it and I wanted it to end.

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      It's easy to blame yourself for something that you believe to be different from your age-group peers, but bodily functions are nothing to hate. And, you overcame the circumstance! The memory helps you to have compassion for others' problems.

  7. LongTimeMother profile image92
    LongTimeMotherposted 11 years ago

    The moment of my conception. I suspect I would have chosen different parents. smile

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Interesting comment. I, too, believe we choose our parents prior to conception. You did choose, however, and every situation has its positive aspects to assist in our spiritual growth. Approach your parents' relationship to you without condition.

  8. Johnjfernando profile image60
    Johnjfernandoposted 11 years ago

    That would have to be the first girl I went out with on a date just because she was ranting on and on about her supposed 'ex-boyfriend' and I was smart enough to realize I was used as her second to make him jealous.

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Young men are very competitive for feminine favors; this is reflected in nature. You do not have to compete. Hold onto your self-esteem, and your perfect mate, if you don't already have her, will naturally be attracted to you.

  9. Nellieanna profile image69
    Nellieannaposted 11 years ago

    My most regretted moment over which I had no control was when we moved to a new town at my awkward age of 11, away from my childhood friends and at the same time my older siblings had all left home.  It was traumatic.
    My most regretted moment which I could have prevented myself was when I smashed my mother's antique cut crystal bowl to try to get her to give in to a demand, and that she gave in and was terribly hurt.

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      We each have free will, which begins around the age of 8 years, to choose our feelings. Difficult experiences help us to develop strength of character and wisdom. Bless those situations. Forgive yourself for breaking the bowl.

    2. Nellieanna profile image69
      Nellieannaposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, dear. I'm 81 and fully aware of taking responsibility for one's own feelings & behavior.  The question asked to recall childhood times one would have changed. They needed explanation.  I regret it, but forgive myself for the hurtfu lbehav

  10. Aupriann Myers profile image59
    Aupriann Myersposted 11 years ago

    I would have given my old best friend a ride and let her know she could always come to me. That she could always call me. That I am Here. Then maybe should would still be.

    1. LongTimeMother profile image92
      LongTimeMotherposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Wow, Aupriann. That's a moment I would help you revisit and change if I could. sad

    2. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Realize that your friend is still with you. She is simply out of physical embodiment. It is important that you not feel any guilt. She made a choice. and we all have our appointed time. God's kingdom is ever beautiful--and you are in the midst of it!

  11. Lor's Stories profile image60
    Lor's Storiesposted 11 years ago

    I suppose I'd chose not to have a disability.
    It was very difficult growing up in the era I did.
    I sort of feel guilty because I was bullied and thought I deserved it.
    Even as an adult people see there is something bad about having been born with a disability.
    Kids were just as cruel then as they are now.
    I didn't want to be different. But I guess I was.

    1. Marie Flint profile image74
      Marie Flintposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Lor, everyone is an individual, but we all share one common light. Remember Christ forgave those who persecuted him, and then resurrected and ascended. We are to follow his example. There is no need or room for guilt. Celebrate your individuality!

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