I have spent the past month pouring over the book, A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin. Anyone who knows me really well knows I'm space crazy and if I were to be given the opportunity today to go to space, let alone the moon, I would do so in an instant. And everything and everyone would have to take a backseat for awhile until the adventure was over.
But honestly, I didn't choose to become an astronaut. One because I actually like going to church on Sundays and Heavenly Father and my family are also huge priorities for me, and realistically the life of an astronaut is not conducive to Sundays or family. And the decision to not pursue it only became easier for me since I'm not the best at math and science.
I have not regretted my decision to walk a different path. I have had so many wonderful experiences. So, getting back to the book covering the Apollo missions, In the epilogue, Astronaut Pete Conrad tells of the experiences when people are mad that he doesn't let his past experiences change him. He even goes on to say, he doesn't go out of his way to look at the moon.
I think that is a very telling statement about human nature. He did it when it was right for him to do it and now there is no reason to keep dwelling on it. How many of us can say that we continue to push forward from our experiences and collect new ones? How many of us continue to live in the past? Which makes us happier and better people? 
