To regret is to reject (yourself)

What a waste of energy regret is, for when we feel it, we reject the only thing that’s real: the person we are on this very day, today. 

What could’ve been is simply an avoidance of what is today, and what is right now is exactly what we need, which may not necessarily be what we think we wanted!

Letting go of regret lets us off the hook and brings us back to reality: the right here, right now. It empowers us because we can actually start dealing with something both tangible and manageable: this very moment. 

Trying to manage or change something that we don’t in fact have access to, like the past (or the future for that matter), will understandably leave us feeling exhausted. Full acceptance of where we are right now, no matter the circumstance, energises us because right now is real, and we can work with it. 

So let’s get to work…