Over and over again. . .Regrets

Lately I've had too much time to think. I need to practice "being still" and "silent." 


Saturday, as I sat waiting on Madison to get out of a birthday party, I heard this song again. 



I heard it when it first came out and remember thinking that it was catchy and how surprised I was with Tim McGraw. I started really listening to the lyrics and thinking about regrets in general. Specifically, with the following lyrics: 


I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
(yea) And I can’t take it, (yea) I can’t shake it no


Through other blog reading lately, conversations with friends, or even my own life I see that even though we all mean to live without regrets, somehow many of us still end up looking back and realize we didn't do what we intended and now regret it. Or we look back and realize we did do something but the consequences of that were much greater than we expected. 


-meaning to say goodbye
-meaning to go visit
-meaning to say "I love you more"
-meaning to forgive
-meaning to apologize for behavior
- meaning to be a better _____(you fill in the blank)


-saying something out of anger
-not saying anything at all
-not keeping in touch
- talking to those people that are really not good influences in life
- spreading rumors
-spreading negative attitudes
-judging others


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Sitting in church yesterday I realize that we all are the same - maybe not at the exact time in our lives, but we all strive to live in the present. We all end up with at least a few regrets - big or small - not that it really matters - regrets are regrets. 


Instead of thinking about them over and over again, we must move on. We must shake those feelings and live for now, love now, befriend now, help now, celebrate now, say what we mean now - We never really know how much time we have to do these things. 


Don't let the past steal your present.  
~Cherralea Morgen