REGRETS: A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW

                                                    

WORKOUT WEDNESDAY

A Midweek Spiritual Workout with
Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin

REGRETS: A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW

Later, the coffee gets cold.

Later, you lose interest.

Later, the day turns into night.

Later, people grow up.

Later, people grow old.

Later, life goes by.

Later, you regret not doing something when you had the chance.

Life is a fleeting dance, a delicate balance of moments that unfold before us, never to return in quite the same way again.

Regret is a bitter pill to swallow, a weight that bears down upon the soul with the burden of missed chances and unspoken words.

So, let us not leave anything for later.

Let us seize the moments as they come, with hearts open and arms outstretched to embrace the possibilities that lie before us.

Ultimately, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we left undone, the words left unspoken, the dreams left unfulfilled.

~ Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

On this SPIRITUAL WORKOUT WEDNESDAY, think of something that you wanted to do or planned to do but changed your mind and said to yourself, “I’ll do it later.” What was the result of your inaction? What would you do differently today? Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the nudge you need to act when you want to do something but are hesitant. Don’t save it for later.