The Biggest Regret

I talk a lot in my blog entries about regret, and how the fact that many of us are currently dealing with it right now, or how many of us will encounter it in our later life. Let's face it, we are all going to make decisions, and do things, that we look back on in and hindsight, and wish we hadn't have made them, or done them. That's life, we are all human. We are going to make mistakes, we are going to encounter failures, we are going to share relationships with the wrong people, and we are going to say things that were better left unsaid. Unfortunate as it may be, what is done is done, and we can't go back and change the past. What we do have control over, is our future. No matter what errors we have made in the past, be it wrong decisions, or even non-decisions, it doesn't mean we cannot learn from our mistakes, nor does it mean we can't create a rewarding and fulfilling future for ourselves. It's never too late to create a future that we desire, but having said that, each day we hold back from doing so, becomes another day wasted, and each day wasted is a day lost on what is already borrowed time. There are certain decisions we can make, and actions we can take, right now, that can at least eliminate the biggest regret that humankind has, in reaching their latter years. That biggest regret that people end up having on their death bed, is having failed to live their life that was true to themselves, rather than having lived a life that others expected of them.

Ask yourself, how often do you schedule time in each day, to focus on the actions that are working towards achieving your own goals? How often do you end up having to do something you don't want to do, or sacrificing something you do want to do, purely out of fear in how others will judge you and perceive you? It's like our primary focus is to make sure that people like us, respect us, admire us, accept us, and embrace us, for some reason. We are so desperate to fit in, and believe what others believe, copy what others do, have what others have, and live how others live, just so we can avoid people criticizing, mocking, and judging us. The decisions we make, are too often based around seeking acceptance and being liked, when all the time, the truth is, people don't even truly care about us anyway, because they are too wrapped up in their own life. People will be quick to give advice, and criticize our decisions, actions, and beliefs, given the opportunity to express their thoughts, because they want us to do what's best for them, what's beneficial to them, and what suits their needs, not for our own benefit. What we should always be doing, is focusing on what we want out of life, what are the desires we have in our heart for our future? Imagine reaching your latter years and looking back to realize that all the decisions you made, and all the actions you took, were indeed out of trying to please and impress others, rather than what was in your best interest. You sit there, unfulfilled and disappointed, that you didn't take a stand for yourself, and seize the opportunities you had to do what you truly wanted to do in life.

Take the advice from the elderly, and those on their death bed. If the biggest regret is not living a life that is true to ourselves, and is instead based on trying to please and impress others, then it's not too late to avoid becoming another statistic of this regret. Throw out your limiting beliefs, because you can achieve whatever you put your mind to. Do away with the rubbish rules and standards that society loves to form about how we should each live our life. Repel the criticism and judgement of others about what you decide is best for yourself and your future, no matter how obscure your decisions and actions may look to them. You're only proving that you have the courage and will power to pursue your dreams, and highlighting that they clearly don't. Pursue your passion in career. Ask that person that you admire on a date. Travel the world like you have always wanted to, and gain that valuable experience. Invest in that opportunity that is working towards your goals. Do whatever you need to do in order to work towards creating a future blessed with happiness, success, fulfillment and prosperity, for yourself. Start being your true self, and prove that you have the self control and courage to make decisions that are what is best for you, not what is best in pleasing others, or in search of admiration and acceptance. Forgive yourself of all the mistakes of your past, and turn your focus instead on to your future. If you don't have the courage to make changes, take risks, and start living for yourself, as of today, then prepare yourself to join the long line of people who have passed away with the biggest regret, in having lived a wasted life.

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