Living with Regret

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was that we don’t regret the things we do; we regret the things we don’t do.

It’s the opportunities lost and the paths not taken that fill us with regret.

Throughout our lives we make decisions.

Each decision closes off some opportunities and opens up others.

It is natural to wonder what life would have been like had you taken a different path.

Regret is most painful when we are unhappy or experiencing difficulty on the path we took. 

This is where I find accepting reality is once again so very helpful.

I can sit around and wish that magically, I could undo my life, or I can accept that I am where I am and do my best to make things better for myself here and now.

Don’t spend your life in regret. Make the best decisions you can and accept your present reality and move forward from there. .