It’s not uncommon to hear people making excuses about why they didn’t take advantage of the opportunities that life sent their way.  You’ll hear things like, “I could have done this or that….”  Then come the excuses: “…but at the time my kids were little,” or “but we had just bought a new house,” or “but it seemed like too big of a risk.”  Unfortunately, many of these people continue this pattern of excuses right into their old age.  Now all they have to reflect on during their “golden years” are regrets about all those opportunities they let pass by and now it is too late to take advantage of them.  As John Greenlief Whittier put it, “Of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, what might have been.”  On the other hand, those who took advantage of the opportunities that life threw at them have many fond and exciting memories of look back on.  So, if you don’t want to torture yourself later in life with, “What might have been,” go for it while you still have the chance!

Feedback From a Subscriber

A subscriber from New York writes,

“Ross, I think the quote at the top of your Weekly Reminder says it all!  How often have we heard the saying; “the plumber’s pipes are always leaking”  or “the auto mechanic’s car is always broken down.”  We often try something new and it works extremely well, but then we fail to continue to do it. 

We do need to be reminded of the things that work and make us successful so that we can

continue to do them.  Done often enough, these things will become habit.

Thanks for the reminders,”