Can i regain my innocence?
i feel old and used up.
is it possible to regain your innocence by living a modest life?
will people be able to tell you once did bad things?
can i pretend some things in the past never happened?
Answer:
I'll tell you the same thing I told a very important person in my life.
That was the past and you are no longer that girl.
Don't worry about your past, live in the present.
Be honest with the important people in your life (not everyone needs to know).
If you change your life around and are a different person now then be who you wish to be, don't forget your past, learn from it.
Use you past experiences to as a guide to your future.
You know what can happen and how you feel when you do the things you did before, so use that knowledge to avoid that behavior in the future.
Good Luck and Congratulations not everyone can make those changes.
Be proud that you made the changes you have.
I know that Jesus can redeem you from anything and make you new. I don't know any other way.
Live the way you want to live and you can be whomever you want to be.
You shouldn't pretend that anything didn't happen, but realize that you are the person you are today because of the sum of your past experiences, good and bad. There isn't a person walking the face of the earth who hasn't done their fair share of things they are ashamed of, including me. The important thing is to learn from the past and move on. It sounds like you have a whole lot of guilt but you need to forgive yourself. People will treat you the way you treat yourself. So treat yourself right and others will too! :)
Are you a catholic? Go to reconciliation and get penace for your sins.
You have to forgive yourself first, then accept that some people might know your past, but those that will know the next YOU will know you for a much longer time than you've been known up till now. Get it? Every moment is a chance to make a difference. That's what I tell my kids.
Good luck.
PS - I would not pretend; be honest with yourself. But you can forget whatever you want.
I don't think it's possible to regain innocence, I do believe that every experience contributes to who we are, the future you is what you make it. You don't have to pretend the past didn't happen but you don't have to tell anyone either and usually people see who you are now not what you might have been in the past.
im afraid that's not possible but if u think that what you've done wasnt too straightlaced and u want to be identified as one, its not too late. when u are young u tend to try doing things and if u regret them, well then u can always change, but to regain ur 12 y/o innocence, i dont really think so..
Your innocence can't be regained, because that is a state of not knowing. But now that you know how you don't want to live, you have learned a valuable lesson and can choose to live your life as a good person. What you can regain is your honesty, your idealism, and your optimism. Don't pretend it didn't happen, but don't be a blabbermouth about your past, either. Be discreet and live a decent life, and people will not judge you badly. Forgive yourself and start afresh. You are young, though you temporarily feel old.
People will not be able to tell what you have done in the past unless you tell them or they saw you do it.
You can't change the past but you can move forward on a new path. If you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord & Savior, he wipes the slate clean and you start again. He can help you through everything!
You should accept what you did, make a committment with yourself to not do it again and learn from it. If you pretend it never happened, you won't learn from the mistake. We all have made mistakes and wish they hadn't happened. But our lives our shaped by ALL our decisions. God has blessed the broken road that leads us straight to where we need to be.
You can't change your history, but your history brought you the desire to change today and take a different path. Perhaps, the real question you wanted to ask is how to stop feeling guilty.
You don't need to regain your innocence because you never lost it. What I mean is that there is always a part of you inside (soul, spirit, essence) that always remains pure.
I mean that even if in the past you did "bad" things, there was a part of you that realized that and didn't want to participate in those "bad" things.
Now you have changed your life, but you still "feel old and used up". However, if you will give yourself time, you will feel new, refreshed, recharged and reborn and ready for your new life.
You don't need to pretend about your past, however, you don't need to tell people either, unless withholding this information could hurt them in a particular way. It's your life and you can choose how you live it.
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