If you had a time machine....
If you had a time machine, would you go back in time to meet your ancestors, or forward in time to meet your descendents? Why? What would you do?
@zealousGrace5023
If I had a time machine, I think I would go to the future to meet my descendants. Not only would I want to meet them, but I'd be super curious to see how our world is and what the technology would be like!
@fruityPond7887 It'd be very interesting to see how everything turns out
@zealousGrace5023
forward in time to the future to see the future and get help with future advances in medicine
@DepressedAnxiousDude81 wouldn't that mess with the timeline tho?
however medical advances would be really cool to see
@zealousGrace5023
hmm interesting point
@DepressedAnxiousDude81 unforeseeable implications aside, it would still be really cool
@zealousGrace5023
yes agreed
@DepressedAnxiousDude81 😄
@zealousGrace5023
This is a truly interesting question!!
I would say that given the generational trauma down both sides of my family line, I would move forward to meet my descendants--if only to be able to see for myself if those generational chains had been broken any further.
Although, secondarily, I wouldn't mind visiting some ancestors mainly to take in the sights and sounds of their time(s).
@sereneSunset26 That's an interesting take!
i guess i would also wanna know my impact in breaking generational trauma however i wanna go back thousands of years back to see how my culture was pre-collonialism and invasions
see who i'm related to
what impact they had
just observe and learn
@zealousGrace5023
I totally get what you mean.
I know it's been said that we can only go back in time, so to speak, through media, However, given my innate curiosity of just people in general, I would love to go back and see how things got started.
@zealousGrace5023
I think I would want to go forward and meet my descendants. I'm a very forward minded person and I think seeing how my descendants turn out in the future could give me a lot of insight then seeing my ancestors from the past.
@sunnyWriting4806 that's a very pragmatic perspective i like that
Forward
I’d go back and spend even more time with my Mum.
I was with her most of my life but if I knew when our time was going to end I would have spent the night in bed beside her knowing it would have been our last night together. I was with her in the end but hate that I wasn’t with her every minute the lastnight she was here
@Margiewm aww i'm really sorry for your loss i couldn't possibly imagine how much pain you must have experienced
Thank you. I’ve spent my life helping others get through loss but can’t help myself yet. I just am heartbroken without her
@Margiewm its the hardest to help yourself when you're so used to helping others
i hope you figure it out and the feeling of loss never really goes away but it does get better
Thank you I really appreciate your kind words
@Margiewm of course :)
