You can't change the past and regrets will tear you apart. Let them go. You did the best you could with the knowledge you had.
Focus on the present moment.
It is the only moment that matters.
Enjoy all it has to offer you.
Don't miss a thing.
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ah, this is the hardest one to do, for me
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I get rolled by it almost every day.
Each time I see something of my past f'd up fundamentalist thinking
cast a shadow over one of my kids now,
see the scars from something I dragged them through,
it can knock all the air out of me.
If I hadn't hurt them, I think I could seriously live without regret.
Trusting something beautiful to grow in all that compost now.
Piles and piles of it.
Always, always possible.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom....I'm loving it.
-Jennifer
I think the children piece is the hardest for me too and then other relationships. I wonder if I'd done things differently with them, if they would struggle less or whatever but I'll share something...I told my oldest daughter once that, if I would have known how her father's family (specific members - not all) would have ended up treating her, I would have never supported her having a relationship with them and would have done what I could to keep her away from them. She actually told me (as a wise 20ish young adult) that she has no regrets about having them in her life because of all she learned and those challenges had made her a stronger person. I wish I was that smart at 20 :)
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