No Regrets...

I don't recall exactly when this was, but I have a distinct memory of the first time I had this thought. I may have been a teenager, or perhaps a young adult. I can't say that I remember the particular context or what triggered me to declare this to myself. 

But I do know that it happened, and that it has stayed with me ever since. I believe that it has profoundly shaped my experience of life ever since.

In that fateful moment, I decided that I never wanted to live with regret. I just knew that I didn't want that playing a role within my life's narrative. No how, no way. 

And, to be clear—I’m talking about the significant regrets one can carry. This isn't to say that I might never think twice and wish I had chosen to order the chocolate cake instead of the chocolate chip cookies. Or even that I might not ever wish I had phrased something differently than I did in the heat of a particular moment. 

But, with the big things—the life-decisions, the paths chosen or unchosen, the people loved or left, the way I’d carry myself through this journey of life...in those realms I just knew there would be no place for regret.

Does this mean that I always feel 'happy' with my decisions? No, not necessarily. Some decisions I make result in more or less 'good feelings' than others. 

But even then, I see in those decisions-made the opportunity for learning, for wisdom gained, for it to be yet another step forward on the path that is exactly the one that I am meant to be traveling.

This approach in my life and towards my life, I believe, has made all the difference. 

Here’s to embracing life…no regrets.