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Everyone keeps talking about a bucket list, all those things they want to do while they still can.
I have made a few of these over the years, but you can get a little fed up drooling over all those things you know you will never get around to doing.
I was thinking about this, wondering why we torment ourselves with the impossible. Why not make a list of all the things we shouldn’t have done instead?
Would it supply some kind of closure, to analyse our shortcomings, and dare I say it, our complete and utter failures?
Of course, I am not going to be heavy-handed about this, just a light-hearted look at some of my less than finest hours. I shall spare you some of the worst things I have done, those I share with no one. But there are a few things I should have done differently.
- I should never have married, and I should definitely not have repeated the error.
- I should never have had any children either. It would have spared them (and me) so much pain and sadness.
- I should never have survived the many times my health has failed me. Who knew I was so resilient!
- I should never have allowed my mother to talk me out of becoming a doctor.
- On a lighter note, I should never have moved all those insanely heavy paving stones all by myself, ruining both of my shoulder joints!
How many of you have regretted some of your actions in the past?
And what have you done about any of them?
Exactly. Love your reverse bucket list. I should never have done all that concrete and rock work, although I love it. I’m now recovering from back surgery. But God can fix everything and I hope your 2018 is paved with goodness and joy.
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So far, God is being a bit tardy, but I’m sure He will get there in the end! Hoping 2018 is a better year for everyone!
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This is such a great idea! I have a very long list, but my top contenders are:
1. Drinking fermented mare’s milk in Mongolia.
2. Riding a mini motorbike into a wall of tyres.
3. Flying a quad bike off a dune in Namibia.
But hey, I’ve survived to tell the tale!
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That’s what counts!
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I should never have gone to work for a friend who owed a store. Don’t do it! I should never have left Florida this last time. But these things pass. The only regrets I have are when I was insensitive to friends or didn’t do more to be there for them, but somehow most have not held this against me. Those who did revealed a side to me I hadn’t recognized before. So all in all I’m like Edith Piaf, especially when it comes to love.
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Yes, that song will rip up whatever heartstrings you have left!
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Of course, that’s “owned” a store! Here’s to Edith!
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Hmm, you certainly got me thinking Jaye. Hindsight is always 20/20 isn’t it. 🙂 x
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Better than none at all, I think, but the timing could be better!
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🙂
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I don’t regret anything, except causing hurt. I lived the life I was given, the best way I knew how. Sometimes I got that very, very wrong…but the present I have and the future I will have grew from those mistakes.
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That is really the best we can do, Sue…
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I believe so, Jaye.
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Used ‘Press This’ to share this great post, adding the story of my own worst mistake!
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But we are the better for these mistakes, I think…
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Reblogged this on Stevie Turner, Indie Author. and commented:
As we grow older we all realise there are things that we should have done differently, but we made the decisions we did when we were young and lacking the insight that comes with age. My biggest regret is thinking the dentist knew what he was talking about when I was a teenager, but really he was filling my teeth needlessly and taking lots of x-rays just to earn more money for himself, and bugger the consequences of thyroid cancer 35 years later. Great post ladies… you got me thinking!
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Sometimes I would like to change some of the things, how different my life would have been…
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Ah yes, we can all say that I’m sure…
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