I thought this might be a little encouragement for your day. Enjoy!
By Bob Perks Bob@BobPerks.com ()
"Would you do it again?"
"What?"
"Everything."
"Would I do everything all over again...the same way?"
"Yes, the same way."
"Even all of the mistakes and all of the bad things?"
I stopped for a moment to think about that one. Who would say yes to wanting to do the bad things all over again?
I took a deep breath and said, "Yes, I would."
There, I said it. Sounds terrible, doesn't it? Why in the world would I knowingly want to do the bad things over?
Who I am right this moment, all the good, bad and ugly, evolved from every step I took along the way to now.
To go back and do things differently would change me. For the better? I don't think so.
I learned what good is from experiencing the bad. I learned what right is from knowing wrong.
Throughout my day, I get these little flash back moments that pop up in my mind. Like a football instant replay, the image, the words rewind and play on the little screen in my memory bank. The only difference is, I have learned to stop it, control it, so that it no longer has a negative impact on me.
"The bad made me better," I said to my friend.
He looked puzzled.
"Had I done something wrong and never learned anything from it, I would be a totally different man today. I believe I'd be a man with fewer friends. I believe that I would not have all the blessings I now have in my life."
Some of the most valuable lessons I have learned came from pain, loss, and stormy times. Now, when I remember, I can see them more clearly. I can recognize the truth within it.
You can tell a child not to touch something hot. They have no idea why. They have no concept of what hot is. That is until they touch it. They do something they shouldn't do and hopefully learn from it. It's a tough lesson learned the hard way.
It's a fact that I can't go back and change those select things in my life that I now see as bad. I can't even go back and do the good things better.
What I can do, is to live this life in such a way that many years from now if someone asks, "Would you change anything?" I can honestly reply, "Yes, I already did."
"I believe in you!" Bob Perks
Bob@BobPerks.com
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