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Those were the Days...

Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose Oh, yes, those were the days

I will never forget my mother telling me when I was in high school, someday you will wish you were back in school, you will miss these days. I miss my mother, I miss my father, and I miss having them love me unconditionally. I do not, and I stress, do not miss high school.

As my 30-year reunion approaches I have had the opportunity to look at the website with all the picture of the reflections of 1982, I have to admit, I feel no nostalgia. Now, often times Jodi and I will reflect on if we could go back to being a certain age (whether it be 2, 10, 18...) and know what we know now, would we do things differently. We both say no way, we have not always liked the path we have chosen, we have not always liked the things that have hurt us along the way, the sadness and hard lessons, but they are what made us who we are today.

If I could have done things differently, would it have changed me having my children young in life? No. If I could have done things differently, would it have made my parents still be alive? No. If I could have done things differently, would it have made my son not be disabled? No.

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It is like the movies Back to the Future or Peggy Sue Got Married, no matter how hard you try, you cannot change the course of your life. This brings me to the question, are our lives already mapped out from beginning to end or can we change the course of our lives by making choices? Is there a plan for us or do we choose our own destiny? Does it matter if we are good or evil? Does it matter if we smoke or drink? Does it matter if we go to church or temple?

I always remember the saying, "We make plans and God laughs." So, if we change the course of our life by doing things differently, is it already predetermined that we will take that course or are we choosing it by free will? I guess the answer is easy enough ... We will never know the truth.

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As humans we would like to think that the choices we make our ultimately our own, and that we choose our own destiny. Back to my original question, if I knew what I know now and could go back to being a child, would I have made different choices. I think I would not change one single thing, good or bad. The difficult things in life have made me a stronger person and the good things in my life make me a lucky person. Why tempt fate? I am happy right where I am in my life, sorry mom …

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