No Regrets.

I firmly believe that life is too short to live with regrets. You have to dust yourself off and move on, don't look back too long at the past and keep moving forward into the future.

However, I definitely do regret a few things.

1) When we were younger I would always get angry with my younger brother. I didn't yet understand that it wasn't his fault the way he acted. He has Fragile X Syndrome and back then he also had a case of autism. I regret yelling at and hitting him ... whenever I did that, he would just laugh. It was all a game to him. Now I'm older, more knowledgeable and know it's not his fault. I just wish he could understand how much I regret and how sorry I am.

2) To another person ... looking back, I've hurt you so many times. I've cut you deeper than I ever could imagine. In hurting you, I eventually ended up hurting myself. I just hope I haven't done too much damage to you. I'm hoping to repair everything and I'm definitely going to make use of this chance that I've been given.

3) I regret not taking enough chances. I've lived my life guarded, I put fences up around myself, around my mind, around my heart. I can't anymore, at some point, I'm going to be sick of being alone - or at least, sick of only having a few people to count on. I need to actually live my life to the fullest. I need to see that opportunity and grab it, instead of always letting it slip passed.

So, those are the three main things that I regret but I'm using them to drive my motivation to do better - to correct some of the wrongs I've done.