Day 19

Something You Regret

That's kind of tricky because I try to live my life the same way Catherine Willows does; never doubt, never look back.

What is the point of having regrets? You can't change the past. You can only move forward and learn from your experiences. If you lived through something horrible, you shouldn't regret it, you should celebrate the fact that you'll (hopefully) never make that mistake again. For example, I could regret the fact that I failed to put sunscreen on every hour, or I can be glad to know that the South African sun is harsher than the American one and I won't get another sunburn if I'm smart about it. Regretting isn't going to take my sunburn away (though I wish it would, my neck is killing me).

I think it's easy to dwell on the things we wish hadn't happened. It's easy to talk about the things that went wrong because trying to figure out what to do now can sometimes be hard.

Plus, who's to say that if I hadn't been a total dork and worn red jeans to school in 7th grade that I would have gotten the opportunity to meet the love of my life? What if I had been cool? You never know where I'd be now. Serving fries at a local McDonald's maybe. Regretting is a dangerous business. I'd rather stay out of it.