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Lisa M. — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:21:18 -0000

There's the risk, that without my past, I'd be a dull.

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Karen — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:17:04 -0000

I started wondering about the angel coming and giving me what I want -- and realized I'm not quite ready to want it. Not quite ready to let go of the old fears. Really wanting it, and accepting it, means letting go of old comforts -- fears that I can hide behind, but yet also make me comfortable to friends and family. Letting go of those fears may mean they won't want me -- or I might not want them. It means letting go of a way of life I'm only ready to shed one transluscent layer at a time.

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LaKecia — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:29:28 -0000

I totally agree with you.

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Caroline — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:42:33 -0000

i would feel safer and trust others more. i would assume they were showing me the whole story and that they valued my relationship just like they seemed to. i would allow more connection with people and would need them to jump through fewer hoops before i could relax and enjoy their company. i'd be less afraid that there was something else going on behind the scenes.

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Ngonzi Truth Crushshon — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:45:39 -0000

If I were freed from my past I'd be.....A travel agent, less stressed, more financially savvy-an investment broker, I'd own a business RIGHT NOW and not wait to later...I'd buy a piece of property and start a community center/afterschool center for youth in Englewood. I would elope and get married.

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Connie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:05:33 -0000

I love this question. I've been thinking about it for over a day now. I might be a UN translator, what I hoped to be in college. OR, I might be a fashion illustrator OR I might be a poet OR I might be a publisher or an agent. I've dabbled in all these fields but have been a mom of three and married 2 1/2 times. Thanks for helping my mind soar!!

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Angela — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:39:54 -0000

I don't know who I'd be (hopefully a better me), but I'd like to shed the baggage and trauma of Jr. High and High School. But I'm too chicken to figure out what that is so I can lose it.

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Cindy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:13:49 -0000

This is not my song - it's Kelly Clarkson's (co-written.)
and...I assume...the beginning of the healing process.
Allowing ourselves to re-feel, to know and then let go - that's what I'm hoping for.
c

I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way, to never let it get that far

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake, a smile, a laugh
Every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust
Not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I watched you die
I heard you cry
Every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry
In the middle of the night
For the same damn thing

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side
So I don't get hurt
Because of you
I tried my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid

Because of you
Because of you

Re: Friday Edition: Who would you be if you were freed from your past?

Andrea Devis — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:21:06 -0000

I would have the same essence I have now. If I were to be freed from my past I would be just that. Free, Liberated, Unburdened of the things I have seen and experienced. Granted every ground needs rain (bad experiences) or it becomes a desert (too much sunshine or good experiences), not every experience someone has shapes who they are in a positive way, sometimes it can warp what was already well shaped. Being happy with the woman who is beginning to take shape (Thanks Carrie & Danielle) I am able to hold on to my essence and free myself of the past and let it go.

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Karen — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:17:51 -0000

I would ...

... not compare myself to others, but instead rejoice in other's talents and success and learning from them, would improve myself. I would always have something genuinely nice to say about everyone I come in contact with and I would not ever gossip about or judge others.

... trust my instincts.

... be quick to forgive.

... be more joyful.

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colette — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:35:05 -0000

I would be weak, dependent, unable to take a stand or voice my thoughs and feelings - I would not be me. Once I saw the secret and caught on to the truth about experiences, I was able to embrace it all from a perspective of love. But this came only after a heart wrenching experience and a physical break down which then catapulted me to where I am today. For this, I am truly grateful!

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Leanne — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:18:30 -0000

Its very normal for young children to remember one, some, or all of their past lives. They are very open to energy and being their true selves as their soul intended them to be.

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kerrymac — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:12:15 -0000

I would be more trusting, I constantly struggle with being cynical and I hate that about me... I've learned from some tough experiences but still wish I didn't have them at all...whah whah! I'm done...got to go stick gratitude sticky notes all over my kids, house and neighbourhood, LOL. www.snickerdoodles.typepad.com

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Chantal — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:36:02 -0000

Love her! She blessed water that we brought home and I gave some to my pets...they are totally blissed out today embodying love and peace.

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Chantal — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:34:12 -0000

Absolutely! Everyone is invited...bring your dancing shoes (or barefeet with bells around your ankles)

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Kirsten — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:20:52 -0000

Wow! So many of the responses here are so positive and so productive. I guess I'm not yet to that place where I can sift through my past and pull the good out of the bad and then use it to my advantage. I still have two piles in my world - the good and the bad. Now the bad pile is getting smaller and smaller as I look to recovery through Christ but it takes a while to allow that bad stuff to enter your brain again with that little twist that let's it transfer itself into a positive. But it looks like it may actually happen - makes things a little brighter knowing that it does happen.

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Kirsten — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:14:23 -0000

I would know how to trust. I wouldn't question every person who enters my world wondering what they really want from me. I know that our past defines who we are today but I would like to redefine myself as someone who can simply trust. Not only trusting others but I would be able to trust MYSELF with my choices, decision making, the relationships I decide to put effort into and the ones that aren't worth it and what I can and am able to do in life. I would believe in me.

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Daniel Gibbons — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:02:03 -0000

I like the composting metaphor... For me it's about having the self-confidence to say and do what you think and feel is right, without worrying about what others think. In many respects that's what everyone's baggage rolls up into: a reluctance to know and be yourself.

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Tina — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:51:56 -0000

You would be a beige woman hee hee Totally dull...I think I might too. Hooray for the past.

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Tina — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:50:07 -0000

Freed implies that our past has negative implications. Mine does. It also has glorious moments that I treasure. I have learned so many lessons from both, that are so much of who I am today that I have no idea who I would be if they were gone. Now.. if you ask what would I do differently knowing what I know now...oh my gosh...where to start!

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Karryn Ransom — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:04:10 -0000

Without my past I would be very dull, totally ignorant and probably broke.

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Karryn Ransom — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:03:11 -0000

With a respectful nod to Bruce Mau: "A memory is never perfect. Every memory is a degraded or composite image of a previous moment or event. That's what makes us aware of its quality as a past and not a present. It means that every memory is new, a partial construct different from its source, and, as such, a potential for growth itself."

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Allison — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:40:24 -0000

Playful and free, yes. But I'd have lost the deep appreciation I have for who I am and what I can do. It's getting through the dark cruddiness that made that happen for me. I only wish I'd learned to only care what I think of me long ago. It sucks that I'm still learning it.

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asha — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:15:18 -0000

lol.

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C Martin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:59:20 -0000

AND... I'd also be arrogant.