The future is ahead; prepare for it.
The present is here; live in it! – Thomas S. Monson
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can’t build on it; it’s only good for wallowing in. – Katherine Mansfield.
Miserable people have a recycle bin full of past mistakes. Every day they rethink their regrets and recycle their remorse. Their language is full of phrases like, “I should’ve.” I would’ve,” “I could’ve,” “Why didn’t I?” and “If only.” They never look where they’re going because they can’t take their eyes off where they’ve been. Happy people know that you can either learn from the past or live in it. (The past is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there.) Happy people would rather move on to their future than move in to their past. They turn every regret into a resolve. Rather than saying, “I can’t believe I did that,” they repent, refocus, and say, “Whew. I’ll never do that again!”
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