Should, Woulds, and Coulds….
Have you ever been caught in those moments?
I should have… I would have… I could have…?
I’ve been thinking about those words as I watch and ponder where the world is at right now.
Are their many thing we should have done? Would we have done them if we could?
Should have, would have, could have … ultimately, who cares?
All the lamenting and wringing of hands over what has already happened won’t change a thing.
So… why am I even talking about this???
The answer is to remind myself and all of us to be kind…
We all make mistakes, and actually those mistakes when looked at through a growth lens, will be the catalyst to new and wonderful opportunities.
If we never fail, if we never make mistakes, how boring would life be???
O.k…. It could be nice to never feel the shame or disappointment, or sadness of failing, but again, who cares?
Humans would never evolve if we all chose to stay complacent, to not risk.
It truly is hard if you take a risk and it doesn’t turn out the way you had hoped. Yet, the whole process of taking that risk has changed you… and that is the greatest part about being alive.
Each day we have the most amazing opportunity to start over… yesterday is just that… yesterday. It is gone, never to be retrieved. The purpose of yesterday was to provide your those lessons, joys, and experiences.
So let it go…
Whatever you think you should have done, learn from….
Whatever you think you would have done, learn from…
Whatever you think you could have done, learn from…
Take all of those shoulds, woulds, and coulds and use them as your catalysts for today, and tomorrow and the next day.
Learn each day. Let go of what has happened, use your history as its own teaching tool.
Now… go out today and try again!
Try, try, try until you succeed.
Appreciate your journey… the failures that lead to the successes… the ultimate joy of being a flawed human being!
Pam