Does anybody remember the TV show “Quantum Leap?”
It starred Scott Bakula who played Dr. Samuel John Beckett, a scientist who has the ability to time travel through history whilst jumping into notable periods in history while also giving him the opportunity to change history.
There is a real life scientist, Professor Ronald Mallett who is determined to build a time machine. The time machine bug bit Professor Mallett at the age of 10 when he experienced the loss of his dad. Professor Mallett’s father was 33 when he succumbed to a heart murmur. Professor Mallett fell into depression but he arose as an astrophysicist.
Now, there is me. My whole life, especially the past four years, I would have given anything to go back in time and erase all of the bad experiences, missed opportunities, bad relationships, bad fortunes and lost loved ones. But then what would I do?
Would I make everything perfect so that I would never experience loss or pain? Would it take away my ability to empathize with others that have experienced what I would have? Would my writing have any depth or feeling? Knowing everything, I know now I’m not sure. For every tear I have shared, the wiser I have become. With each outburst of anger, I have become wiser, which in a lot of ways has shaped my understanding and that I believe is where wisdom is found.
In conclusion, this is what I know about time travel. I believe Mr. Mallett in my humble opinion would have not been passionate about time travel if he did not lose his dad when he was a young child. Losing his dad did not make him less than, but gave him the motivation to earn a PhD. If his dad lived so many things could have happened, not necessarily positive. Mr. Mallett says that he has now cracked the code and knows how to travel or rather, has completed the device that can go through time. I hope this is not true because dealing with time as it is while sometimes painful, allows wisdom and growth
