Regret
Think about where you were and what you were doing five years ago, then ten, and then twenty and so on. Doesn’t it seem like it was all yesterday? Isn’t life just speeding along? Each and every day (especially post cancer), I think about what I don’t want to regret at the end of my life and then take some action to lean into more happiness and fulfillment. On vacation (more on that in a soon), I went off of the high dive diving board into the Mediterranean Sea many times each day. And you know what? It was AMAZING!!
Have you ever thought…
- That you stayed in a work situation that numbed you or stunted your interest/ability/life-force
- That you didn’t fight for yourself, or for what you knew was possible and right
- That you didn’t push yourself through the discomfort that you knew you’d have to go through to get to freedom or excellence
- That you turned your back on the suffering you could have done something about
- That you chose to go along with someone else’s story line rather than living your own
- That you gave too much time to the mundane and not enough to the creative and spiritual
- That you didn’t break through generational patterns of what was wrong in your family line
- That you gave in to worry rather than testing your courage
- That you didn’t see the blessing of the one who was right in front of you (and you didn’t acknowledge them so they knew you felt that way)
- That you didn’t actualize the full force of what was within you; you didn’t make the difference you could have
The Silver Lining is that there is still time. So go ahead – please – live without regret!