For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
- John Greenleaf Whittier

Our lives are filled with choices. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes it isn't. Each day we make choices and decisions that forever change the course of our lives. As time marches on, there is a tendency to look back for some sort of meaning or pattern. Too often, when people look back they are filled with negative emotions.

- Regret
- Guilt
- Anger
- Resentment
- Bitterness

It can be very easy to define ourselves by what has happened to us in the past.

• Something bad that happened.
• Something good that didn't happen.
• Something that we did.
• Something that was done to us.

This is the land of useless phrases like: "could have", "should have" and "would have" - all of which are like dangerous pits of quicksand ready to suck us under if we linger too long.

So how can we ever change the path that we are on? How can we repent for past sins and mistakes? Ultimately, the bigger question is: how do we heal the past and move beyond it?

Well, I've already given you the answer. "Each day we make choices and decisions that forever change the course of our lives." In case it's not obvious - the most important part of that sentence is "EACH DAY".

So my question to you is: "How are you going to change your life TODAY?"

Actually, that's my question to you everyday!

ENJOY NOW!

When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.

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