Groundhog Day
A few years ago, I was listening to some late-night radio show and they were asking callers the question: “If you had to live one day over and over again for the rest of your life (a la Groundhog Day), what day would you choose, and why?” Some callers said they would re-live a great day that they never wanted to end. Others said they would re-live the day that they made horrible choices and right whatever wrongs they committed.
Ever since I heard this question, I’ve found myself asking on Groundhog Day which day I would pick. Obviously, there are days I wish I could go back and re-do because I made some poor choices. None of those choices were necessarily life-altering to the point where I wished the day had never happened because it ruined my life. I know there are people who have had days like that. I thank God that in spite of some of the stupid things I’ve done that I don’t have such a devastating day like that in my history. I know there are many people who are haunted by a particular day and would do anything to go back and undo what was done. They would go back and not have that extra drink. Or they would go back and make sure they stayed out of that convenience store or didn’t go to that party…
And they live the rest of their lives, imprisoned by the question, “What if?”
Woah – this got a whole lot more serious than I originally intended. Let’s turn the page, shall we?
I’ve tried to pick just one day that I’d like to re-live over and over again. I’ve never been able to pick just one day. But I think I’ve narrowed it down to a handful of days. I’ll be sharing them in the next few posts. As you wait for my answers, I ask you – If you were forced to re-live a single day for the rest of your life, what day would you pick? Why?
Would it be a day where you made horrible choices and you’d gladly go back and re-do? Would it be the best day of your life? Would it be something in between?
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I would be content in living Oct. 11, 2008 over and over again. My sister and I and all our kids spending the entire day together. The weather was beautiful. Maybe it would get redundant after awhile. But knowing what I know now, I would choose that one 🙂 of course I would like about five different days to rotate between. Can we make that rule…lol. Without writing it all out here Im sure you know what happened the next morning. Sure there are days I have made poor choices but I see things like that as learning experiences. I would not change a single thing about that day I would do it and live it just like we did… over and over. Sorry for rambling but it got me thinking.
I think any parent who experienced a similar situation would say the same thing. I don’t blame you one bit!
I’m in the same boat about picking more than one. It’s probably against the rules, but it’s my blog and I’ll do what I want to. 🙂 Guess that means I’m making the rules!