As human beings, we often get so caught up in our day-to-day routines that we forget to prioritize the things that truly matter in life. It’s only when we come face-to-face with the end of our journey that we start to reflect on the things we wish we had done differently. In fact, a nurse named Bronnie Ware who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last weeks of their lives, wrote a book called "
I have certainly had many unpleasant experiences in life: enormous financial setbacks, injuries and lingering pains, marital woes, professional frustration in two fields, et al. However, I believe in karma, and this carries over to things that either should not have happened or else should have happened but did not.
A character in the first novel of my series explains, "When people hurt you, always express your gratitude, for only the pain they give you can bring this cycle to a close."
If I have "regrets," it is only that it has taken me so long to learn that I have to let go of my regrets! They all relate to things that happened earlier. The challenge is to live in the moment, which means to let go of the imprisoning chains and suffocating ashes of a dead past. Learn from one's mistakes? Absolutely! Spend the rest of one's life brooding on them? Hell, no!
I have certainly had many unpleasant experiences in life: enormous financial setbacks, injuries and lingering pains, marital woes, professional frustration in two fields, et al. However, I believe in karma, and this carries over to things that either should not have happened or else should have happened but did not.
A character in the first novel of my series explains, "When people hurt you, always express your gratitude, for only the pain they give you can bring this cycle to a close."
If I have "regrets," it is only that it has taken me so long to learn that I have to let go of my regrets! They all relate to things that happened earlier. The challenge is to live in the moment, which means to let go of the imprisoning chains and suffocating ashes of a dead past. Learn from one's mistakes? Absolutely! Spend the rest of one's life brooding on them? Hell, no!
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