Somebody
wrote:
“No
Regrets, just lessons. Life is too short.”
Well,
I agree that life is too short, I see that everyday when I look at my
son and see how much he has grown and wonder where the time has gone.
The
'no regrets' part? No one I have ever met has said they have no
regrets at all, except my Dad. He says he walked through every door
the Lord opened and looks back on his 96 ½ years and honestly can
see nothing he would change or could have done better.
I
wish I could say that. There are so many things I wish I'd done
differently, made better choices, been less afraid, been more loving,
more courageous, less lazy.
I
believe every single thing we experience can be a lesson.
Not
the kind of lesson where we sit and listen to the teacher and take
notes and have tests.
Not
the kind of lesson where we listen and maybe daydream a little during
the talk, smiling and agreeing that is a good point and then go home
and forget what we heard.
Not
a 'lesson' I learned in Sunday School or Bible college.
These
are the kinds of lessons where the rubber meets the road, where I
learn to walk out what I say I believe in the real moments of my
life.
The
places where faith becomes real.
The places I become real.
I wish I could say what your dad says. Sadly, I have some very big regrets, but I do not live in Regretville. One thing I will say, the decisions I made back then have formed who I am and determined the good things in my life, today. (And yes some of the bad things, too). Knowing what I know, I have to wonder if I would have done anything different. There are somethings I would probably change but if it meant that the people and things in my life right now would be gone I can honestly say I would not do anything differently.
ReplyDeleteSome of those decisions were hard ones, I didn't and don't, always like it when the rubber meets the road. As you say, those are the moments when faith becomes real.
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