***Great At Any Age: Keep Things Around That Inspire You to Live the Life You Want Now.

Be an archeologist in your own home and ask yourself , does your stuff inspire you and represent who you are now?

Our Mom displayed a trivet on the kitchen wall:  "We are Too Soon Old and Too Late Smart."  One of those keepsakes, we did not keep.   I think she got rid of it.  It's message is hopeless and sad.  She had many regrets and lived a long time suffering from bitterness.  I remember when she hung this excerpt from "The Serenity Prayer," instead.  BIG CHANGE!  Lord, grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.

Suffering from regret, is debilitating.  I know.  Instead, try this: Acknowledge your feelings.  Learn from your experience.  Make amends if possible.  Live differently, based on your current values.   Forgive and Let Go.  Yes, life might have been different if (fill in the blank here with your true regret.)  Work with the easiest ones first as they arise, and then take on the more difficult regrets.  Yes, you might have applied yourself more in Junior High and that was when?  Do you apply yourself to living your life TODAY?

A BIG TRUTH about Regret:  As we grow and change, and wish we had done things differently in the past, this represents learning which can help us NOW and real Life is NOW.  Getting rid of things that make you sad can help you get unstuck.  Creating a home that represents who you are today or who you want to be will support the change and growth that you wish to embody.