If I'd Known That Before...

If I'd known that before I wouldn't have..., Things would have been different now, if only I..., I wish I didn't do it the way I did... To me, all those sentences smell like regret, and I must say I don't like the stink of it at all. Why regret things you've done? At some point they were exactly what you wanted, and now you have to face the consequences, either good or bad. Letting go of the past sure is hard, but it is the only way to living the present moment happily and as fully as possible. I can't imagine how miserable one's life must be if they just keep thinking and thinking what would have been different in this case or that case, blah blah... We tend to forget that the past actions and decisions, right or wrong, make us who we are today. Everything we do leaves a mark on our personality, it is something that we will carry with us for the rest of your lives, and the sooner we accept that, the sooner we can leave nightmares and other bad dreams behind. Grab your life by the horns and don't sit on the sideline watching it pass by, busy thinking about the past. Past is past for a reason and is ment to be left behind instead of being dragged along. Here are the lyrics of a song that I like:

''If I had a chance for another try, 
I wouldn't change a thing 
This made me all on who I am inside 
And if I could thank god 
That I am here, and that I am alive 
And everyday I wake 
I tell myself a little harmless lie 
The whole wide world is mine''

(Angels and Airwaves – Rite of Spring)

If you can sing along and agree, then you are a winner.