Regrets

Dear Blog,

I’ve always used to urge my self and advice others not to have any regrets in life. But anyhow today something happened that I very much regret from my heart. Most of the things that we regret for the rest of our lives are mainly based on very simple things that we could have accomplished without much or absolutely no effort.

What does it really keep us away from not doing something like that tends to be really easy? The answer actually lies within ourselves. Fear, shyness and carelessness is mostly the main things that lead us to such regrets. The question that I have to ask is

“Is it right to regret for the rest of our lives just because you are scared of some short term embarrassment?”

I highly disagree. In most of the situations in our lives that we come across are “Yes, No” (Success, Failure) type of situations.

• You ask someone out. – the response could only be a Yes or a No
• You go for a job interview – once again, the response could only be a Yes or a No

Here what we should urge ourselves is that what we really want is not just the “Yes” out from these situations. What it really matters here is the fact that we are “Doing the thing”. If we get a No out from the situation, does it matter? It would always be a very good experience. If we get a Yes from the situation, then, “Awesome!”

This sounds much like the Nike’s famous “Just do it” approach. Nevertheless, according to my belief  “There is nothing worse than a missed opportunity”. If we just keep these things in mind and put them to action, I do believe that there would not be any more regrets in our lives. A life with no regrets is always a life that is up for anything.

Cheers. :)
-Irosha de Silva