I really like Doctor Who. And if you’ve never seen it, it’s a show about an alien who has a spaceship which is also a time machine. There’s a pretty big rule about not interfering with your own personal timeline and what not, but it makes me wonder (and impacted by my time here at home) what I would change if I could?
Would I be one of those people who tried to change the world and events? Or would I only be interested in myself? What would I do and how would that change me?
Because I do believe in the butterfly effect. What I do would change who I am and the world. Every decision has brought me to where I am today, and any changes might have changed it. I would be somewhere different.
But is that better? Desirable?
If I could time travel, would I tell myself to stop doing something or to change sooner? To be more mindful? To be better?
I do want to be better, but there’s a certain permanence that time travel erases. The actions and decisions we make have a finality. We can’t change it, and we have to move on and go on. Live with the choices we made and move onwards.
Onwards, never backwards.
Time travel is almost an escape, a way out. But it really isn’t.
There is a need to be present, to be aware now that time travel could erase.
I’m not really sure how this ends. But it’s just some thoughts I’ve had.