I have discovered that I deal more easily with my regret over the things in my live that I have done, than I do with my regret over the things I have not done.
Today is never the result of one choice made in one of our yesterdays. Today is the culmination of all the choices to act or not to act that we have made throughout every yesterday we have ever lived through. Regret is the narrow-mindedness that says “The Now is intolerable because of this single past circumstance.”
How much do you really know about yourself if you have never been poor, been well off, been a follower, been a leader, been in a fight, been a peacemaker, been alone, been part of a larger whole, been a student, been a teacher, been wracked with fear, been consumed with hate, been drowned in sadness, been washed with joy, been baffled, or been the one who figured it out. Strive to understand who and where you are right now to help determine where you wish to go.
“You are not the car you drive. You are not the clothes you wear. You are not the shit you own.” – Fight Club
Also, you are not your gun or your sword. You are not your checkbook or Platinum Visa. You are not the ring on your finger. You are not the medals on your chest. The corollary of this is the discovery of self you can achieve if any of the above statements appear untrue to you.
