There are things I have done or said over my lifetime that knowing what I know now I would have handled differently. Or if I had been in a different frame of mind I would have reacted differently. The times I got on my kids for really trivial stuff or overreacting when someone said something. But all that happened in the past is just that: the past. I don't want to spend my time on what if's. I have done that too much before and with that carried a lot of unnecessary guilt around which of course then contributes to saying or doing other hurtful things. I know I am not who I was when I did or said those past hurtful things but I know there will be times I will say or do something that will hurt or offend someone. And there will be times others will hurt or offend me. That is a part of living in this imperfect world. I just know I have now, this moment and never know if I will have another moment till it comes. In my younger days I spent either too much time focused on the stuff from the past or worrying about the future that I missed out on a lot of moments. I am trying to live my life in the moment of the present, each new day is a gift. Life goes by too quickly to keep looking back with regrets.
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