No regrets!

Regret is the past, crippling us in the present - unknown

.... And when you do look back you are turning your back to the future!

Have no regrets. Easier said than done. Every now and then it's easy to let your mind wonder to question the "what if's". What if I started earlier? what if I took the other course? what if I just waited instead of surging ahead? what if I said no? what if I said yes? I could go on for days and we all have them. The trick is to not go there. The "what if" really doesn't matter. It's irrelevant to now and to where you are. Ever seen the movie Click? Do go check it out if you haven't already. Well we don't all have a clicker to rewind or fast forward through life. According to the movie that wasn't the best thing to have anyway! What we do have is a gift called the present. To make full use of it we need to treasure today and let go of yesterday. Rather than reminiscing yesterday and the endless list of possibilities that were never meant to be, change tomorrow by doing something different today. If it's not the outcome you expected, then it was not meant to be.... move on.

Here's my dish:

• Looking back, there will always be things that you could have done better. You cannot go back and change what you did so why bother wasting your time thinking about the possible outcomes. Learn from your so called mistakes and move on to new ones. However, IMO (if you don't know, ask a teenager ;) there are no mistakes, only learning opportunities. I hope you have a ton of learning opportunities. They will enrich you.
• Make full use of the present. Instead of looking at the past missed opportunities, look at the present and make wise choices of what tomorrow will look like. You cannot control the outcome, but you can try. I urge you to try, try and try again.
• We don't regret the things we do. We usually regret the things we don't. So if you have some burning desire to do something, just do it! (thanks Nike! I couldn't have put it better)
• Do remember the memorable moments of the past but only briefly. Once you smile remembering those precious moments, it's time to move on and seize TODAY!