No Regrets

I have a "No Regret" policy. Does that mean I haven't made a few messes and made decisions that skewed the course of mankind? 

If you know me, you are likely laughing uncontrollably now. Maybe you are laughing to the point of hickups or making a hurried trip to urinary receptacle.

OF course, I made mistakes.

I would have had very little to do with my life if I weren't trying to straighten out something I messed up.


Knowing that each decision, even if the decision seems as miniscule as a single leaf falling from one tree among all the trees in the world,--has an impact on someone else--I would not change any direct action I took.

If I had made even 1 decision differently, I may not have experienced the people that I did.
Sure, there are people each of us may wish that we had never encountered. But, if we had not encountered those people, who knows what would have been altered in the universe?

Regret is different from acknowledging that I (or you) did something wrong, and then, making direct amends or at minimum declaring not to do the same thing again. It is our destinies to problem-solve make lemonade from lemons, create order from chaos.

You may think from the tone of this note that I have an inner knowledge, a cognition of when I will die. Some might think that I think it will be soon. Let's just say I have had a wake-up call.

I realize my days are numbered (no more so than the day I was born...) and that I have a lot to do. I have taken much for granted. I have lived nonchalantly. I apologize to the Creator for this. Time can never be regained or reversed. The only thing I, you, or we--can do is to make the remaining time count for US.

That should not be a difficult task. It doesn't mean go for President of this, Executive of that, we don't have to actually lead anything. Just live the rest of our days with meaning. Delight in the simple. Refuse to let mundane BE mundane. Don't stifle a laugh; instead laugh loud.

We must use our manners. Yes, you heard me. Serve each person in your day with an eye to eye smile. "Good Morning, Good Afternoon..., Please, Thank you." Be the first to speak, and, speak to everyone. Don't let a single person cross your path and leave unacknowleged.

One act I particularly hope I will accomplish is to stop doing what I am doing or thinking of when another person talks to me. In a multi-task frenzied world, this can indeed be a huge challenge.

Because of the impact of realizing my days are numbered and that when I leave for good, I want to leave pleasantly--people who know me should begin to detect subtle differences (I don't want to alarm them with a marked personality change).

My #1 goal is to start the good deeds (in some cases continue them), and hope they will be passed forward, and to pay forward the good deeds that are shown to me.

TBC