Day 317 of wisdom
“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
Regret is the feeling that one has about the past but cannot change anything about what has happened. Regrets can either be about things that are done or undone. Sometimes, it is better to regret what you did, than to regret what you did not do. In your pursuit of success, you try all you can just to achieve your goals and desires, it is better you leave no stone unturned as you progress than to leave some unturned just to discover at the end that those once you left unturned were the once you should have turned, that those stones actually sits on what you are looking for.
As Wayne Dyer would say, "You will seldom experience regret for anything that you have done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savour it. Value your present moments. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you have lost them forever." Leave the past where it belongs, make maximum use of your present it is what you have, and it determines so much of the future.
Life is about choices, the choices we make determines our future but our future will determine if our choices were right or wrong. If we would have a regret free future, we must be very careful of the choices we make, we must examine every one of them very carefully in other not haunting regrets that will slow our progress. Scarcely will any man not have any regrets about their past, but some regrets can easily be laughed off and overlooked, while some will never go away, it will be around us for a very long time. So, efforts must be made to minimise our regrets and have even less consequential ones.
Look into the future, prepare for it, plan for it, work towards it, "It is better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret" are the words of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, when you look back and you see regrets, never flog yourself over it, but remember that you are human and you are not immune to mistakes, you are not perfect, and life is always a learning process. If there is something you strongly desire to do, do it and do it well, nothing pains one more than what could have been but, never was.
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