REGRET NOT
My teenage son taught me this lesson about 15 years ago when he got tired of me feeling guilty that some of my life's choices had turned out so badly. Smart kid!
REGRET NOT
Regret not!
Do not dwell on the past;
You cannot change it.
If the choices you've made
Eat at you, ask yourself
One question:
Knowing what I knew then
(And with ONLY that knowledge),
And, being the person
That I was then,
Did I do the best I could?
If the answer is yes,
What more could you ask for?
Learn from your mistakes;
Try not to make the same ones again.
Let the past affect your present
And your future in only that way.
If the answer was no,
I believe you lie to yourself.
For why would the past eat at you now?
Go back and look at the person you were
And what you knew then...
And ask again,
DID I DO THE BEST I COULD?
mothergeorge
May 3, 2008
REGRET NOT
Regret not!
Do not dwell on the past;
You cannot change it.
If the choices you've made
Eat at you, ask yourself
One question:
Knowing what I knew then
(And with ONLY that knowledge),
And, being the person
That I was then,
Did I do the best I could?
If the answer is yes,
What more could you ask for?
Learn from your mistakes;
Try not to make the same ones again.
Let the past affect your present
And your future in only that way.
If the answer was no,
I believe you lie to yourself.
For why would the past eat at you now?
Go back and look at the person you were
And what you knew then...
And ask again,
DID I DO THE BEST I COULD?
mothergeorge
May 3, 2008
