In my present season of grief and regret, I am finding that there is no way through apart from gratitude, and that, in fact, thankfulness is my greatest help. Not a plaster of it applied on the wound, not some anesthetic thanks to numb or replace the sadness, but...
It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.--------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: It isn't the burdens of today that drive...
Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.
No amount of regret changes the past. No amount of anxiety changes the future. ANY amount of gratitude changes the present.
Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us. from Anne of Avonlea
"The best thing for being sad," replied Merlyn..."is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may...
To think oneself superior is stupid; to regret the good in or for others is foul…Envy is treachery to mankind. from The Figure of Beatrice ——————————More gender-inclusive version: To think oneself superior is stupid; to regret the good in or for others is foul…Envy is...
The sad things that happened long ago will always remain part of who we are, just as the glad and gracious things will, too, but instead of being a burden of guilt, recrimination, and regret that make us constantly stumble as we go, even the saddest things can become,...
Imagine an ironworker trying to bend and shape a piece of cold iron. No matter how hard the iron is battered, little or nothing will happen. We do the same when we try to deal with the past by reliving regrets about it over and over. We cannot change it. It still...