Redo
I was talking with a childhood pal a couple Sundays ago. We were standing in the parking lot of a Memorial Chapel, where his mother lay inside, and while we joked and yikes-ed !! about the good old days, his smile abruptly turned to tears as he explained how he apologized to his mama before she died.
“Why in the world ??!??”, my melted heart inquired.
“Because I was such a S#!#!T, he declared
& ooooh Friend, Friend, Friend !! all these days later and your words remain embedded in my brain !! and tell me please … weren’t we all ??
Show me a someone who, if given the opportunity for a redo, wouldn’t snatch that bugger up in a heartbeat !! I know I would.
A left, when I should have turned right ?
A word I wish I had said ?
A this lost, a that missed.
Focusing too much or not enough.
Hurt feelings, dumb moves, broken promises, WHAT was I thinking ??!?? …
oh boy.
yeah.
A skip, erase or fast forward through that part might be in order for a lot of us. But there lies the joy of this twirly, whirly roller-coaster of a journey !
Live and learn.
Try, try again.
Stumble, fall.
Rinse, wash, repeat.
Take each moment as it gets here, do your best, keep on keeping on
& enjoy.
Enjoy.
Because, mistakes included, allllll those everything-s get you, me, us to exactly who we are today and THAT, my peeps, is a pretty knowledgeable place.
Redo ??
YES, YES absolutely YES !!
But then again ??
hmmm.
Maybe not.
🙂