16 Feb Avoiding Regrets

I heard a statement the other day in regards to someone deciding to not attend a memorable event. What I heard was someone say, “There’s a regret in the making.”

This was something that I had never considered before. Looking at a momentary decision through the perspective of whether or not it would be regretted later. What if we thought of our daily decisions through this lens? How would that impact our hindsight in years to come?

There is a tendency for us to be what others want us to be. It makes for more peaceful relationships with them yet leaves ourselves short changed. Unless we are completely satisfied taking the easy route in the meantime.  Then we alone are left with the regrets.

No others will ever suffer from the regrets we will have later.  Are we prepared for that? When we sit in our rocking chairs in our golden years, where will those others be?  I suspect they will be pondering their own regrets. What a waste.

Live your life in such a way as to know that when you are done, you will have lived the meant you wanted, not the one others wanted for you.

Take steps every day to decide for yourselves. Make the memories that will give you joy. Avoid at all cost living in the Land of Regrets.

Coypright 2021 Merri Macartney. Founder – Don’t Die Before You’re Dead Movement – Inspires & motivates to keep seniors physically fit & maintain strong mental health to live life fully. “You might not be able to do everything, but Yes You Can do something!”

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