Giving Soulfood #23

Never regret anything because at one time, it was exactly what you wanted.

@poemsporn_

Hey guys,

So this is something that I’ve thought about a lot, and I just thought that it would be something interesting I could share with you guys.

The thing is, I often think about how my life might be if I made certain different choices in the various crossroads of my life, things like which school to go to, which subject combination to take, whether to sign up for a programme or not.

Sometimes, when my current experiences are not the most pleasant, I find myself regretting the decisions I’ve made, and then I find myself wishing and wishing upon a shooting star that I could have the opportunity to go back in time and make that decision again.

But there was once, I sat down and I really thought about it. Do I really regret the unpleasant experiences I’ve had? Actually no! In fact, if I was being honest with myself, it is through these experiences that I’ve learnt the most and grown the most.

So I’ve learnt to internalise this quote. I’m no longer going to live with regrets, because at that point in time when I was making those decisions with the amount of information I had, I thought that that was the best decision for me and I am going to stand by it. If it turns out well, I’m going to give myself a pat on the back and go celebrate with my friends. But if it doesn’t, then there we have it, a learning experience, and opportunity no amount of money can ever buy.

Thought Catalog said it so well and I don’t think I can do a better paraphrase, so I’m just going to quote them. ‘I’m slowly learning that nothing will change what has already happened, nothing will change the past so there’s no point in even thinking about it, there’s no point in beating myself up over the things I said and done that I can’t undo.’

Indeed, we can’t change the past, but we can control how we are going to look at the situation, how we respond to the situation and how we are going to move on from the situation.

It’s been slightly over 3 weeks since I’ve started posting. I really hope that you guys are enjoying the content and hopefully there has been a quote or two that really spoke to you.

Like I mentioned in the Introduction Post, I’ll be here if any one of you need to talk:)