Revelation Six
Make peace.
Because regrets are for fools.
A fool is one who lacks judgement. A fool who regrets not only lacks judgement but he wastes what little he has in remorse and disappointment.
For every minute you remain angry you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Peace has many meanings depending on the context. The context I am offering defines peace as freedom of the mind from annoyance, distraction, anxiety, or obsession leading to tranquility. Serenity.
Is it possible to live in peace? Maybe or maybe not. The sixth revelation I received that night last June simply said, make peace, which is completely possible.
Peace with what?
Everything.
Everything you are not at peace with.
Your rotten childhood, never finishing college, the terrible accident you caused, that tattoo of a dragon.
Who knows? Only you . . .
Regrets come in many forms: excuses, missed opportunities, or wrong decisions. Negative emotional states are the result: pain, shame, envy, pity to name a few.
Having regrets isn’t the problem. You see, it’s not about eliminating regret because regret is how we learn. Making peace is about handling them.
I wish I had . . . If only I’d chosen this way instead . . . Why didn’t I listen . . .
When we harbor these regrets as annoyance, distraction, anxiety and obsession and allow them to drop their mighty anchor down deep inside of us. They tether us to the past and make it: OH-SO-DIFFICULT to progress.
I don’t have a magic formula but the following four steps make sense to me as a way of working through something you are not at peace with:
Try it!
1. Experience the unpleasantness. The remorse of such things is real.
2. Realize the past is in the past, nothing can bring it back to life. Call it acceptance.
3. Ask yourself what lessons can be learned and learn the lessons.
4. Know you can do better. Life has one direction and it is forward.
Until peace is made regret perpetuates.
Make peace, freedom of the mind, because you are no fool. Now it’s time to pull up the anchor and move on.
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