CONGRATULATIONS DEVEREAUX!!!

My sister has completed her 48-state, 2 month, 13K mile+ odyssey!
A great, big, huge congratulations on your extraordinary accomplishment!!!

According to the American Heritage Dictionary:

Regret -
To feel sorry, disappointed or distressed about.
To MOURN.
Distress over a desire unfulfilled or an ACTION performed or NOT PERFORMED.
An expression of GRIEF or disappointment.

Regrets are nothing to be ashamed of. And having regrets does not mean denying one's past experiences nor whom one is. Quite the contrary. It is Honesty. And only through honesty can one truly embrace one's Real self.
Regret, as per the dictionary explanation above, mentions the words mourn and grief. So if someone we loved died (especially prematurely) and we loved them and miss them -- that is regret.
Or if one wishes one had taken action to save a loved one's life but didn't,
that is regret.
Mourning a loved one's passing and experiencing grief over an action not performed, is only natural and normal.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

In today's society, we may confuse meekness with a lack of courage or self-respect. But meekness has a fuller and deeper significance in scripture. It grows from commitment to God and humility of soul and leads to inner peace. Jesus calls us to this meekness.
"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth" (Matt. 5:5).

Meekness comes from a peaceful, humble center.
--Donald L. Maly

Just a thought for the day...

Lately I've heard all this talk about "no regrets." Sure that's a great, lofty ambition to strive towards. And a good motto to try and live your life by. But, if a person has lived on this earth for at least 40 years -- and I mean lived, really lived -- then there WILL be regrets! It's only natural. I believe if a person says they have lived thus far and have no regrets then either: a) they haven't truly lived, b) they're in denial, or c) they are delusional. Let's face it, life is a series of trials and errors. Life is a learning experience. If you live life, you are going to make mistakes. It's only human. We're mortals. Mortals make mistakes. And from mistakes come regrets. If you've lived on this earth for 40 yrs, you've more than likely: fallen in love, loved, been loved, been a victim, been cheated, been lied to, been stolen from, been betrayed. It's all a part of life. When something bad has happened, how can one not feel regrets? Unless you're a robot, cold and unfeeling, it's just not humanly possible. And if you can say you have no regrets, that's either denying it happened, not acknowledging it ever happened or if none of those things have ever happened to you, you must have existed in an extremely remote part of the world, under a rock! With life comes many experiences, good and bad. And to say you have lived it with no regrets means you've never made any mistakes. If you've never made any mistakes, that means you're perfect and lived a perfect life. NO one is perfect. No one has lived a perfect life. And that's not to say you can't have had a happy life or even a wonderful life. You can have achieved goals and made dreams a reality. But if in all life's infinite experiences, all the trials, errors, trips and travails, if you still think you can say you've lived a life without any regrets, then you've forgotten something that's happened, blocked it out or you're in deep denial or you are simply delusional.
Just a thought for the day.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.

Vaclav Havel