Do you know what is the number one thing people have at the end of their lives? Regrets….

There’s always that feeling of, “if I could,” or “I wish I’ve said this or done that..”

What if we could rewind our life and go back to a time when you wanted to do better or change?

Unfortunately, we don’t always get those second chances – of going back to certain moments or times in our past…

Time and time again we are reminded that everything we acquire here on earth will be useless when it’s time for us to join our creator. The wealth, recognition, awards, and everything else that made us stand out (looks, skills, fame) in this world…it will soon be forgotten. What will matter and be remembered the most, is how we treated others and how much we love.

There is this old adage that life is precious and life is short. Shorter than what we think and care to realize. But why are we not living for the moment and trying to be present?

Time. Time. Time. We are all living on borrowed time. We are graciously given everything that we have now, with family being the most important. And yet, how many of us could say that we put our family on top of the list of our priorities? Would it be enough for us to say we love them and that we’re working hard to provide for them? Wouldn’t our undivided time be the most precious thing we can give them?

We are not always given second chances in life. What we do today, we may not able to do tomorrow. What we took for granted the week before, it may or may not happen again.

And yet, we look at life, family, time, and everything else as somethings that will always be there. That, there is always a “next time.”

Words, or the lack of it. There is power in what we say…or do not. And the sad thing about it, when words are said (especially those that break a person or relationships), no amount of apologies, regrets, or time can bring it to the same wholeness and level that it was before. The scar will always be there. And yet I find that society looks at “mean” words as a sign of strength and “caring” words as a sign of weakness. And a majority follows.

Regrets – if we are to look at them – are quite plenty and are quite common. Mostly, they are words, deeds, and things that we say at one time or another that we won’t do…

Yet still regret doing.

Until next time,