"Road to No Regret": Phillipe Sainte-Laudy
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More to the point, I have been thinking about what it means to live a life without regret. Every now and then I find myself criticizing or judging myself for the choices and actions I have taken in my life, engaging in the language of "shoulda", "coulda", and "woulda". Ugh...just writing those words has a deflating effect.
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Today, in honour of my up and coming birthday, I am taking note of the defining moments from the past 10 years. My successes, challenges, and stuff yet to be discovered. I will be asking myself "what have I learned and how I have changed as a result?", and then I'm going to start defining what the next 10 years of a life without regret will look like.
Thought Challenge: So, tell me...what does it mean to you to live a life fulfilled? How will you accept all that you have been and done? What does it take to live a life without regret? How will you know?
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~Still working on those profund questions as I hurtle towards my .......60th birthday. I seem to be 'unknowing' everything that I considered to be positive and fulfilling 10 yrs ago. All that has been turned completely upside down. Hope i can answer those questions in the next 10 yrs. Its a strange process growing older + you suddenly cross a line and all you thought you 'knew' and understood just is no longer valid. No-one warns or advises you. It just happens!! Its not all bad but you need to re learn and re-establish what drives and motivates. Regrets? Not really.....but to be fulfilled is the key. Without fulfillment at a deep level there is no peace. Without peace there is no joy....
ReplyDeleteOK enough for now. More reflections to follow soon.
O and 'happy birthday' x