Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Regrets


     There is probably not one person alive who couldn’t look back on their life and ponder situations that they may like to change and do differently.  We know that it is not possible to do that but we could nevertheless look back with a hopeful desire that if we knew then what we know now perhaps a different decision would have been made.

     However, let’s consider this for a moment:  We CAN’T change anything that has happened in the past no matter how we might now feel about it - - - BUT when we consider the things we knew then maybe that was the best decision to have been make under the circumstances!  Even if that decision turned out to be a poor choice, we should not have regrets over what happened.

     Every single day we are making decisions that effect our lives to various degrees, some will be minor and some will be major.  The point is that if we had a conclusive and definite insight into the future perhaps our decisions would have been different, or perhaps not!

      Any decision we make molds us into the character we have become.  It doesn’t matter WHY we made a certain decision the way we did.  It only matters that the decision was made and now we will be molded by the consequences of that decision.

     There may be times when we come to recognize that a certain decision that we made is going to have undesired consequences and we might be able to make a new decision that will nullify or at least lessen the forth coming results.  It might be that we are unable to do anything about the outcome because we have waited too long or have made additional decisions that have compounded the issue to a point where nothing we might consider would make a difference.  
  
     We work with what we have available to us at the time and then we respond to the outcome of those decisions.  Yes, we may feel the sadness and regret some of those decisions, but in truth, we can learn from the folly of the errors we have made.  We can use that information to become a better person in the present and move forward to the future with the desire to be more cautious in the decisions we have to make then.


QUOTE TO CONSIDER


THOUGHTFUL GEM

"Some times our actions override our thoughts 
and bring us unexpected results."





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