Life is too short to live on Regrets....(1)

I attended a burial last week and I stood by the graveside, listening to the beautiful sermon by the Preacher, all I gained from the sermon was the topic for my article today 'life is too short to live on regrets".

Many times, we allow the mistakes of our past gets to us, how I wish I didn't join the other team, they have better players than ours, how I wish I didn't sleep the night to my examination, I would have scored higher. Oh no! Dear mistakes were meant to be part of the story, so removing it makes the whole story boring.

" We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future - Steve Maraboli" . This beautiful quote should be your guide daily, regretting actions you didn't take is liken to you assuming your life was all a mistake. Things don't have to go the way you want, when you miss an opportunity, don't see it as a lose but as a gain to becoming a better person. The preacher in his sermon likened our life on earth to a flying kite held by a child, it was set up by the child, flew by the child but at some point the child had no control over it, it was now control by the wind. That is how the decision in our life is, you undertook a plan, assumed it will play out well, then you venture into it, investing your time, idea and energy into, then it turns out negative. You are not supposed to regret, just take it as a lesson learnt.

I know many times such processes hurt, and you feel like throwing in the towel, but before you do, think about all the great men, who at some point in their achievement also felt the same way you did, they didn't give up, they didn't regret the steps they took, all they did was to change their strategies. When we all die, all the plans, ideas and strategies will be of no use, why not pick yourself up and try again, life was never meant to be easy. Those who live in regrets don't excel, they are clouded always by their mistakes, no! You don't have to stay in regrets. You have to forgive yourself and everyone who offended you and move on.

Life is like gambling, we often feel, we could have allow the queen stay while the knight was moved, and because we didn't do it, we tend to be bittered. Yeah! That's the result of regrets, you are always depressed each time you think about that first beautiful step you took, which you called a mistake. Mistakes are priceless and so I will admonish everyone to value every failed step they ever took.

Let me share a story with you all, I got into the university when almost all my friends had graduated, and each time I remember they were once my classmates, Regrets running all through my mind, how I should have settled for the course I was given rather than wants to be a Doctor, I should have been a graduate by Now, saying this brings this fresh memories of how many times I failed the entrance examination due to slight mistakes on my part back to heart, yeah! Regrets are like faulty android screens were you could see the displayed apps but finds it difficult to use any of them, so of what use is the regrets, if I can't edit them but rather am only chanced to make amends with new process.

Rather than dwell on your mistakes, why not make it a chapter in your success story. There is no amendment, when we die, because life is truly too short to dwell on regrets.

Bottom Line

Life was meant to be very easy, we only complicate it with regrets. Don't allow what never happened not to deter you from making them happen because life is really too short to let live on regrets.

Every mistake was and should be a stepping stone to your victory.

Go out there and be victorious...

Thanks for reading .

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