Blindfold, please.
If you knew then what you know now, would you do it all again?
That's a luxury of a question. I stand on the precipice, looking ahead to where I've already been and wishing--just wishing--that I could relegate it to the irretrievable past. But the hypothetical is real, and I must face the same challenge again, knowing everything that I know now: the pitfalls, the pain, the power of my weaknesses when used against me. How do I steel myself for such a battle? I know how to stand and fight in ignorance, but hindsight melts my courage. I am not the first to feel dread, however. The very Son of God grappled with the agony of foreknowledge, and I take my example from Him:
"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!" - John 12:27-8