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Originally posted by ARTelevision
But Jaron, as I said, when asked :
"If you could go back in time and change anything you wanted about your life, if you could start over from the beginning with everything you've experienced (the good and the bad alike), would you do anything differently?", my answer is:
Yes. I would change everything because I was a stupid ass in the past.
The only thing I have learned is that I was a stupid ass.
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The stipulation that I get to keep all of my accumulated experiences was the clincher. I'd fix every mistake I've ever made, or at least try, and there are tons of them. Like ART, the only thing I've learned is that I was a stupid ass, and I probably still am. Even living my life over again with this knowledge, I'm sure there would be a whole new avalanche of mistakes for me to make.
We're not perfect creatures, we learn from our mistakes, probably moreso than our successes. A mistake may not be pleasant, but it does have value. My mistakes, the suffering I've gone through because of them and the positives I've scavenged from them are just as much a part of me as the stuff I got right on the first try, if not more.