From the Quote of the Week Files; March 25, 2013

Regrets, I've had a few 
But then again, too few to mention 

Hello Everybody and Welcome to the Quote of the Week!! This week's quotes are about regrets which I hope you have too few to mention!

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"Don't ever regret anything cause regretting means wanting to forget every moment. Every moment is what makes you who you are today, every moment spent in regret is a moment wasted. Don't waste your moments in life, you never know when you'll stop waking up."

Maryam Zarei

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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"Regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow are twin thieves that rob us of the moment." Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. "

The Station

Tucked away in our subconscious minds is an idyllic vision.  We see ourselves on a long, long trip that almost spans the continent.  We're traveling by passenger train, and out the windows we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hills, of biting winter and blazing summer and cavorting spring and docile fall.

But uppermost in our minds is the final destination.  On a certain day at a certain hour we will pull into the station.  There sill be bands playing, and flags waving.  And once we get there so many wonderful dreams will come true.  So many wishes will be fulfilled and so many pieces of our lives finally will be neatly fitted together like a completed jigsaw puzzle.  How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering ... waiting, waiting, waiting, for the station.

However, sooner or later we must realize there is no one station, no one place to arrive at once and for all.  The true joy of life is the trip.  The station is only a dream.  It constantly outdistances us.

"When we reach the station, that will be it !" we cry. Translated it means, "When I'm 18, that will be it!  When I buy a new 450 SL Mercedes Benz, that will be it!  When I put the last kid through college, that will be it!  When I have paid off the mortgage, that will be it!  When I win a promotion, that will be it!  When I reach the age of retirement, that will be it!  I shall live happily ever after!"

Unfortunately, once we get it, then it disappears.  The station somehow hides itself at the end of an endless track.

Relish the moment.  It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. Rather, it is regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow.  Regret and fear are twin thieves who would rob us of today.

So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles.  Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot oftener, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less.  Life must be lived as we go along.  The station will come soon enough.

Robert J. Hastings

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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!