“And I have no regrets.” “That’s a pity,” Hunt said easily. “Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life.” ― Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer…
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“The Little Boy and the Old Man
Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.”
Said the old man, “I do that too.”
The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.”
I do that too,” laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, “I often cry.”
The old man nodded, “So do I.”
But worst of all,” said the boy, “it seems
Grown-ups don’t pay attention to me.”
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
I know what you mean,” said the little old man.”― Shel Silverstein
foto –saffy and izzy on his last day on earth at north beach
“If only, if only,” the woodpecker sighs, “The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer.” While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, He cries to the moo-oo-oon, “If only, if only.”
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/holes/quotes.html
The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 – 1939), Wednesday 29 January 1902,
“If you don’t figure out what is at your core, what you stand for, and what ultimately motivates you, you’ll always second-guess yourself. You’ll always have regrets. Uncover your core values and use them as a template to test decisions in your life.”
Jim Hayhurst, Sr.
-Durwood L. Allen
We sincerely regret the manner in which the events unfolded this morning. In the process of being cautious, we allowed the jubilation to go on longer than it should have.
(Ben Hatfield)
― Edith Sitwell
Kathy Earsman
A MODERN AUSTRALIAN POET
A Final Toast By Judie Peet
To tracks I shall not walk
and trails I’ll never blaze,
to sun-kissed hues of far-off views
on which I’ll never gaze.
To birds I didn’t see,
and those I didn’t know,
to folk I guess I won’t impress
with bird lists I might show.
To trees I failed to save
and those that I have grown
to forests where I breathed the air
that Eden might have known.
To men I didn’t kiss
when I was young and shy,
to those I would now if I could —
to dreams I’ve let float by.
To those I might have helped
and good I might have done,
to happy tears and love-filled years,
gee whiz, I’ve had some fun.
Edith Wharton
Does a man not know when he has pepper in his eyes? If we forget yesterday, how shall we remember tomorrow.
Abigail Adams to John Adams, December, 1782
“Daniel was very like a child in all the parts of his character. He was strongly affected by whatever was present, and apt to forget the absent. He acted on impulse, and too often had reason to be sorry for it; but he hated his sorrow too much to let it teach him wisdom for the future.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, Sylvia’s Lovers
“And I have no regrets.”
“That’s a pity,” Hunt said easily. “Having regrets is the only sign that you’ve done anything interesting with your life.”
Agatha Christie
“YOU SEE THEM SOMETIMES.
They’re just out of the corner of your eye, when you’re not expecting them, and sometimes if you close your eyes very, very tightly, and open them quickly, there will be a quick flash of them behind your eyelids before they dissipate.
They are the echoes of deja vu, they are the regrets that are fleeting, they are that which you didn’t know you missed…
They are everywhere and nowhere.”
― Peter David, The Quiet Place
The one best precept-
the golden rule in dealing with a horse
-is never to approach him angrily.
Anger is so devoid of forethought
that it will often drive a man to do things
which in a calmer mood he will regret.
– Xenophon –
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
“The boogeyman sleeps on your side of the bed
Whispers in my ear :"Better off Dead"
Fills my dreams with sirens and lights of regret
Kisses me gently when i wake up in a sweat
"boo!”
― Gayle Forman, Where She Went
"Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and Arranged Alphabetically"
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
George Sand
http://www.researchover.com/quotes/topics/regret/
foto – a cottage on the south coast 2010
Petit Testament
In the twenty-fifth year of my age
I find myself to be a dromedary
That has run short of water between
One oasis and the next mirage
And having despaired of ever
Making my obsessions intelligible
I am content at last to be
The sole clerk of my metamorphoses.
Begin here:
Ern Malley
_______________________________
sites 2c http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/proverbs.html#WisdomAge
http://jacketmagazine.com/17/ern-poems.html
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Learning to stumble through life without the comfort of booze.
A sweary alcohol recovery blog written by a Yorkshireman
Adventures in Addiction Recovery & Cancer Survival
A woman's quest for one year of sobriety
A mom, wife and professional's journey on recovering from addiction
ACoA Recovery Issues (adult-children of alcoholics & other narcissists)
WHERE TO START WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START
biographical, non-fiction
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings in Mountain City, Tennessee
Emotional musings
Expedition website
ever seeking a right-fit life
Simple Thoughts on Life
Shortness of Breadth
Because we’re all recovering from something.
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