IF WISHES WERE FISHES (rvd)

I wish I could take back so many things,
travel in a time machine,
fix everything,
take a different road maybe.
But if I did that, would I be part of this tree,
this holy family?
Would I have turned to the Lord,
known His word,
if everything was perfect,
no problems of which to speak?
(I am such an English geek.)
Isn't it those very bad times
that compel us to turn to Him,
bring us to our knees
when we're in need?
Am I the only one
who looks back like this
and wonders how things would be
if I had gone a different way?
But then I think that this life on this earth
is just the beginning, not the end,
and in heaven,
who knows what can happen?
I will have a new chance
at happiness.