Do Not Regret

Life is too short to wake up with regrets, so love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason . If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life is easy, just...that it's worth it.  ~Anon.

Indeed...  I always tell myself... why wake up with regrets? Too much a waste of energy. A waste of effort. A waste of emotion.

But, that is (as the saying goes) -- easier said than done when there is a gnawing ache in your heart. You wish it would just go away with the snap of a finger or the blink of an eye. You wish you could just as easily shake it off when you take a hot shower and come out refreshed. But it's not easy... It never was. It never is. It never will be.

How do you cry over spilled milk? How do you pick up the pieces of broken eggs or broken glass? Fact of the matter is... you can't!! As fast as technology grows, they've never came up with an "undo" button that will make things go back to what they were before things happened.  An "oopps" will always be an "oopps". Optimistically? Just think: this too shall pass.

So what does that leave you with? A 'second chance'... that you hope against hope will ever happen. (Not very optimistic of a notion, is it?!). Yeah, and when it does, grab it with - not only your two hands - but with all your limbs (for that matter. Haha!) so that it won't slip away again; and make sure you do things right the second time around.

And then you think... this happened for a reason. Whatever that reason is, is up to you to make it be! It's just there to give you the boost that there is something better in store for you.

Now.. don't get me wrong. My pessimism is not to for you to indulge it. I just threw it out there to make ME aware not to hope too much or expect too much so that I don't fall as hard if things don't go the way it's supposed to.

I'm just in that 'neutral' phase -- if the chance comes back, I'll make sure it I grab it. Use the first failed attempt as a lesson not to make the same mistake again... OR... say "dangggit. I missed the train again!" LoL