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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Regrets

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REGRET

Had those hasty words remained
Unsaid
And those broken promises
Been kept
How could we be sure
We’d have no regrets?
In the long term
Things may turn out for the best

Lessons learnt from past mistakes
Inspire
A more disciplined approach
To words and deeds
Pre-empting cause, effect
And consequence
And avoiding
Repetition of regret

In making future plans
We should
Remember the past
And with hindsight
We may
Look back and smile
All those errors
We can
Put down to experience
So that this time
We shall
Go the extra mile

As we lay this ghost ‘Regret’
To rest
Exorcise our demons
Start afresh
Walk with confidence
While acknowledging
Credit due to past regrets
For our success
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14 comments:

  1. anthonynorthJanuary 31, 2009 at 6:10 PM

    Very wise words.

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  2. paisleyJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:31 PM

    oh you did a great job onbn this.. and both you and tony in your posts on regret pointed out an interesting thing i often lose sight of,, if i hadn't done that,, who's to say i wouldn't have had something equally as tortuous to regret..... we will never know will we???

    just excellent stan...

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  3. paisleyJanuary 31, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    i wrote tony in the above post as i was looking at the comment he left just above mine,, but who i meant to name was rick,, as in myrtle beach rick... sorry about that....

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  4. Sherri B.January 31, 2009 at 9:40 PM

    Very good life advice...if only we could all learn from our past mistakes. Sometimes we have to mess up several times before we finally figure it out...! This was a great read -- thank you. :~)

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  5. Andy SewinaFebruary 1, 2009 at 5:22 AM

    Nicely written, good kidology Stan!

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  6. Tumblewords:February 1, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    For sure, who's to know? And what's to be known? Your poem is full of wisdom and good thoughts...

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  7. totomaiFebruary 1, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    another piece to ponder Stan. yes, i think the ghost of regrets needs to be buried from time to time :-)

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    Thanks to:
    Anthony North; I thoght I'd keep it positive, rather than just list all my mistakes.
    Paisley; We have to learn, however hard the lessons, and regret isn't always self-inflicted. We can learn from others' mistakes as well.
    Flledgling Poet. Trouble is, we don't always see where we've gone wrong.
    Andy; I might set up as a Regret Counsellor.
    Tumblewords; I guess we'll never know, but perhaps in a parallel universe....
    Totomai; True; it can sometimes overwhelm with its intensity.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2009 at 10:18 PM

    i like this. it has an uplifting message.

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2009 at 8:57 AM

    Thanks Floreta; We have to balannce things and make the most of even bad situations.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2009 at 6:08 AM

    Very well done. I love this one! From the words of Faith Evans. . ."If I had to do it all again, I wouldn't change a thing. . cause I know it made me who I am. . I've learned so much from my mistakes. . . that's how I know He's watching me!

    Peace, Light and Love to you and yours. . . I shant ever regret visiting this post!

    CordieB.

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  12. Stan SkiFebruary 5, 2009 at 11:51 AM

    Thanks Cordieb; I think our regrets teach us a lot about ourselves - not so much what we did to regret, but how we dealt with it.

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2009 at 7:21 PM

    As we lay this ghost ‘Regret’
    To rest
    Exorcise our demons
    Start afresh
    Walk with confidence
    While acknowledging
    Credit due to past regrets
    For our success

    awesome lines :)

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  14. Stan SkiFebruary 7, 2009 at 9:59 AM

    Thanks Pretty Me; All of life is a lesson - even the bad parts.

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