Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

When we are young, it is more difficult not to have regrets.

We like to think that there are none,

but usually there is something niggling in our hearts that we wish we had done better,

or been stronger or kinder.

These will pass into oblivion once we see that the story of our lives

is an entire novel

and

not disparate chapters that don't fit together.

Having no regrets is a measure of how far we have come on our journey

to self-acceptance and self-love and compassion.

It is an indication that we have honored the spirit of our hearts and souls

on this adventure called life.

Three egrets, on the rocks near the Fort in St. Augustine, © 2011.