Regret: an ounce of prevention

When you look back on it all, does it really seem that important that you had your way? When you sit, perhaps alone and caged up in the new medical reality, will it all be worth it? Regret is a powerful antidote for doing stupid things. Unfortunately, it's often administered much later than one might desire it, setting off a chain reaction that leads down a path of, well, more regret.

As we look out over the fields of battle of American politics, we see many lost souls, strange bedfellows, and horrendous greed and thuggery. Yes, I've written about this before. But, in this context - this context of regret - can we hope to see the errors of our way and actually do something about it? Can we, in all the chaos, develop a plan of action that will keep liberty and freedom intact while raising us to new levels of learning, leadership, and charity?

I think it can, but it must start with you and with me. It must start with your family and mine. It cannot and will not start with some large enterprise, public or private. As we all face regret at some point, only we, the people, will do anything to navigate the vessel of mankind in another, truer direction. Governments and corporations do not have this sense of regret for they have a way out - tax and spend and spend taxes, respectively. I don't have these luxuries. Do you?

Next up: a preamble to this plan of action.

As always, be thankful for what you have, buy only what you need, and work diligently for peace. With no regret for having written this, I bid you all a safe and sound Tuesday.