Life without Regrets

Was talking to a friend Jan over MSN and got inspired with this thought...

Have you ever have that feeling of "If only I know?" or "I should have done that?" Have you ever got so tempted at wanting to slap yourself for what you should have done but did not?

I had many a times asked myself this question in the past, then I came to a realisation one day that what can I achieve just by lamenting or regretting all that I wanted to but failed to do?

How many missed chances? How many lost dreams? How many loved ones that passed on without their lives being touched? How many "kairos" moments gone and never to return?

I come to discover one thing, I hate to live a life of regrets, to keep asking myself why did I not spend my time on this or that? I want my tombstone to read "a woman without regrets", I always remember a sermon by Pastor that speaks about the kind of legacy we want to leave behind? Then I ask myself when I passed on, when they read the tribute, what are they going to say? I hope they will say she lived life to the fullest, without regrets, full of dreams and hopes accomplished.

Thus I purpose in my heart, to live a life without regrets, to not "wait and see" if things happen to way you want it to be, to achieve what I hope to see, to make things happen with initiative and actions.

Let's grab hold of the opportunities, don't hesitate further, talk to the person you want to talk to today, don't let the big "P" - procrastination virus invade your life anymore, stand up and live your life to the fullest! Make the decisions that you have been pondering about and make things happen today. Turn your dreams into reality! Don't go through life just wondering what happened? You never know when the next change will come.... Well, changes is the only thing that is constant, isn't it?

As a leader the greatest desire is to be able to know that you gave your people the best you can in the short time they are with you, that a part of you is forever deposited in their lives where ever they may go, that you know that when changes come, you do not need to say "If only I spent more time with her/him" or "I should have taught him this."

Minimise the times that you ask yourself "I should have done that" or "I should have known", Start filling your life with "I have no regrets".

Well, but this is something I am still striving for till this day, I cannot dare say for sure I have achieved this, but the key is to keep on believing and keep on improving, isn't it? Slowly but surely this taboo phrase will become fader and fader and hopefully will one day it will be totally erased from my vocab!