Hanging on to Regrets

It’s dangerous to go back and second guess yourself; especially doing it over and over. There’s a reason you made that decision, at that time. You weren’t ready for the consequences of the other choice. That’s all.

Armed with the knowledge that you now have, you can make better decisions going forward, if you let go of what you’ve already done. Don’t worry about whether you’ll have regrets about that decision later. If the decision empowers you, do it. I believe that we often know what to do, if we take the time to listen closely to what life is trying to tell us.

Here’s an exercise to try. Write down your regrets on a piece of paper and then go outside and burn it. Have a ceremony around it. Lite the paper, watch it catch fire, and follow the smoke and ashes rise into the air. Celebrate that those regrets will no longer have any power over you.

Just thinking about it makes me feel lighter. The physical act of seeing the regrets get incinerated will feel even better.

Spring signals a new beginning. We’re already in the mindset to move forward. Now is the perfect time to leave your regrets behind and start to blossom.