What would you do differently if you had your life to live over?
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.“Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.” ~ Pauline R. Kezer.
“Growth is the only evidence of life.” ~ John Henry Newman.
Living your life over
Have you ever considered what you would do differently if you had your life to live over again? Which of your actions or reactions, would you change? Which of your concerns would you ignore? Which new concerns would you take up?
The truth is that it’s not too late. You can’t go back and undo what you did in the past, but you can do things differently from now. If you consider very carefully what behaviors, beliefs, concerns and changes you would make, you will find that you can still makes those changes so that 10 years from now when you consider it again, you will be pleased.
Changes to consider
A possible list of things that many people would do differently if they had their lives to live over again are:
- Have more fun.
- Be sillier and not care what people think of you.
- Enjoy yourself more.
- Worry less. Be carefree and relaxed.
- Take things in stride. Take things a lot less seriously.
- Enjoy all the moments. Even the bad ones…they all had their positive side.
- Take yourself less seriously.
- Laugh. Laugh. Laugh. Laugh.
- Open up and enjoy people more. Be less afraid of them. Be less afraid of being an outcast. Be less afraid that they would not like you or would make fun of you.
- View life as the exciting adventure that it is. Be enthusiastic and excited about it.
- Make more friends.
- Appreciate your friends and family more.
- Spend more time with family and less with work.
- Be less critical of yourself. Appreciate yourself more.
- Work when it was time to work and play when it was time to play. Procrastinate less.
- Fulfill your potential so you could be proud of yourself and your accomplishments.
- Be more positive.
- Smile more. Be happier. Just be happier with exactly what you had. Don’t envy, don’t hanker after things. Be more satisfied and appreciative of all that you had.
It’s not too late to change
If you closely examine these examples you will realize that all of these changes can be implemented right now. You can be more appreciative of your life, you can spend more time with loved ones, you can be more producitve, you can laugh more, you can worry less. So in considering what you would have done differently in your past if you had your life to live over, you might identify what you can do differently now for the life you still have to live in the future.
So, consider it carefully - What would you do differently if you had your life to live over?
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~ Victor Frankl.
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