Life gives you one "do over"

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

This is a cop out my friend. Saden you too.

Saying this is akin to saying that you as a person have no need for improvement. Everybody's got wishes to be somehow better. Smarter, more qualified, in better shape, more friends, deeper relationships, making more money, have more free time, have more skills, take more risks, take less risks, wondered what it'd be like to be with the one that got away, wondered what it'd be like if you ran sooner from the one you shouldn't have been with...

There's always something that could have been better. Nobody's perfect, not even you, saden.

If you think you're good to go right now and wouldn't make any changes or erase any past mistakes, then I'd humbly suggest that you should make a change in the here and now: take a harder look in the mirror and see what you can do today to be better going forward. Don't settle, because nobody's perfect.

My goal in life is to seek happiness not perfection. The desire to be "smarter, more qualified, in better shape, more friends, deeper relationships, making more money, have more free time, have more skills, take more risks, take less risks" is something I can work on right now so why should I look to the past? As for "wondered what it'd be like to be with the one that got away" I can honestly say losing that one that got away was an asset as I learned a lot from that failed relationship...it really made me a better man and appreciate and understand my fiancé more.

No, I am not perfect nor do I desire to be. I am happy with who I am and what I have done in the past. Would I like to have attended Harvard? You bet. Can I still attend Harvard? You bet.