Sometimes in life, we regret the things we didn't do, risks we didn't take, things we could've done better, mistakes that we shouldn't have made. But things done, words already spoken, they are all part of the past now and can't be undone, the best thing is to take those risks which you can now so that there wouldn't be anything to regret in future! :)
Time once gone is gone and lost forever, today this hour, this minute, this very second as you read this line is gone and is now history! But tomorrow and the many days to come in future they still hold a promise for a better happier life :)
If given a chance to live back your life all over again retaining your present wisdom, nobody in the world would want to make the same mistakes again. But do we get such a chance? No. Though it is easy to say that we shouldn't regret, every experience, every decision taken, every lesson learnt - they all make us wiser and what we are today!
I'd like to share a story, 'The Dream' by American linguist Mark Baker:
A man lay on his bed at the end of his life waiting to die.
His dream came to pay his last respects
and bid farewell to the man who had never used it.
As it entered the room the man looked down in shame.
"Why did you not realize me?" the dream asked.
"Because I was afraid," the man said.
"Afraid of what," said the dream.
"I was afraid I would fail."
"But haven't you failed by not attempting to use me?".
"Yes I did, but I always thought there would be tomorrow."
"You're a fool!" said the dream" Did it never occur to you
that there was only ever today? the moment that you are in right now?
Do you think that now that death is here
that you can put it off until tomorrow?".
"No", said the man, a tear gently rolling down his cheek.
The dream was softer now, because it knew that there were two types of pain,
the pain of discipline and the pain of regret,
and while discipline weighs ounces, regret weighs pounds.
Then the dream leant forward to gently wipe away the tear and said,
"If only you had taken the first step,
I'd have taken one to meet you,
for the only thing that ever separated us
was the belief in your mind that you couldn't have me".
Then they said goodbye and they both died.
So, the moral of the story is to live life to the fullest!! If you're gonna never leave your comfort zone and never take that risk, you'll have to face the pain of regretting later. And the easy way is to face fear, take risks and live life easy cause if you win you are rewarded, else at least you've tried!
LIVE EASY, NO REGRETS!!
Have a nice evening, take care :)


2 comments:
lovely story and painful ending..they both die..thats true also. My dad always tells me an old quote by someone 'If you dont go far, you dont know how far you can go'.. nice post!
@AS: Thank you for sharing your views, definitely agree with what your dad said. I believe we are all born for a reason, so we gotta explore life and achieve everything we can! :)
Cheers,
Charan :)
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