Regrets...i have a few

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REGRETS, I have a few.  Just some lyrics in a song that Frank Sinatra sang in "I Did It My Way"....no.  We were dining last night at a restaurant that was playing easy to listen music with Frankie singing.  Regrets, I have a few.....I do have a few regrets, but try really hard to not dwell on them.  I do dwell.  Too much.  Learning a lesson and admitting that I wish I had done some things differently sometimes just gets in the road of not growing up.  

Holding onto the bad for far too long makes one sad.  Stagnates growth.  Perhaps that's intentional so one cannot mature.  It seems safe to hang on to some pain so no new pain enters the picture because if you are tied down to the old there will be no energy for a new pain.  Obligated to the old FOREVER.

Needing to take ownership of our actions is a big part of taking responsibility for the way somethings go.

Healing doesn't seem to be easy, but it's necessary for being healthier.

A small REGRET that needs to be let go of so I can get on with LIFE is Once upon a time we visited a family member that had some challenges and I regret that we did not mail her some coffee cups as a gift.  To this day I regret that we didn't do this.  Hers were broken and glued back together.   I have to forgive myself and go on as she doesn't need coffee cups anymore.

Not to be a philosopher, but who doesn't wish they had done somethings differently?  If you had done them the way you wish you had done them, would you still be wishing that you had done some things differently?  Isn't it an ongoing saga that truthfully you'll never know how it would have gone if you had done things differently, because.....even then things can back-fire or kick you in the teeth.  Even then.  

How would I know when dealing with hindsight?  More acts of kindness and less thinking how it should have been if I had just done thus and so.  Just accept that new acts of kindness can take place and that's alright.  

So ask for forgiveness from God and continue on.  Having closure by casting down those things.  

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Made the decision to pitch the oversized coffee mugs we've had for a few years after seeing that the interior of the cups were what I'd call pitty.  Had pin size holes that could allow bacteria to grow and contaminate the beverage.  SO bye-bye they went with no other human using them ever again.

They were attractive white mugs with gold or silver designs on them.  I liked 'em a lot....so to actually THROW them away was a  effort on my part.  Since going through the fire sort of speak...it has been a tad bit easier to part with my THANGS.

I put my big girl panties on and did the right thing.  Hubby supported me on this one as he threw the majority of coffee mugs into the waste can for us.

As we were THRIFT SHOPPING on Thursday evening, I picked up 8 matching white winter frost stoneware coffee cups that made their way to our humble abode at RETIREMENT COTTAGE.  Corelle Stoneware.

Liked the size, shape and safe white color that matches the china we have replaced our burned/charred dishes with.

THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF THINGS TO BUY IN AMERICA ESPECIALLY COFFEE CUPS OR MUGS.  Wonder of wonders!  We can have coffee cups running out of our ears when paying only 50 cents a cup on a nice one.  Cheaper than getting a Starbucks or McDonalds economy style DRINK.

50 cents.  That's pocket change.  8 times .50 = only $4.00 plus tax.  For under $5 we have very nice coffee cups to sip our hot beverages out of and don't have to use the palm of our hands.

No regrets about this,
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