If I Had It To Do Over Again...

If I had it to do over again, would I even WANT to do it over again? Eh, maybe not. I'm finally getting to the point where I can look myself in the mirror and say I like you. I really and honestly like who I am becoming. There are a lot of people who say "If I knew then what I know now". Well, for one thing IF that were true, it wouldn't be a fair fight for the rest of us. I can say that my life growing up SUCKED, and I can also say that most of my adulthood did too. So, what's the point? The point is, that if it weren't for the crumby parts I would be who I am today. Then there's the whole regrets thing. Yeah, I said the r word. Everyone has regrets cause ya know, hind sight is ALWAYS 20/20. I guess I've begun to come to grips with the choices I've made and the things that have happened. In the grand scheme of things, after a while it doesn't matter so much "what happened" but rather what will you do about it now?  We can choose to wallow in the pity and be angry at life, others, or even ourselves, but what good does that do? What does that achieve? Don't get me wrong having regret can be good, in that it can keep us from doing or not doing as the case may be, over and over again with out remorse. God has forgiven me my sins, why shouldn't I forgive myself (and others) as well. To carry around anger or regret as it were, for someone, even oneself can be much heavier than the burden God requires us to carry. So rather than living in the darkness of regret, I choose to learn from my mistakes, forgive myself, and move forward accepting my past so that I can have a better future.   




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