Time Well Spent

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love_comes_softly

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If I were on my deathbed right now. My one regret would be that I have/had a tendency to fall back into worry/concern over not lining up with the norms of society. I wish I could tell my younger self that God’s place and timing in my life is and always will be perfect.

I feel like I wasted time with that worry in my younger years. I praise God that He has released me from this burden.

I’m praying when I’m truly on my deathbed, that I won’t have any regrets or wish I hads.
 
BlessedByGod

BlessedByGod

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CharliRenee said:
Heavy barrrooo alert...

Stumbling blocks that caused much wasted time.

I wish I had learned much earlier the difference between loving ppl and pleasing ppl. We can love every one but it is impossible to please anyone all the time. The balance between seeking to grow and to not constantly beat myself up. The place of considering others more inportant without seeing myself as insignificant.

When I really started loving Him in spite of myself, He taught me to love ppl where they are and to do the same with myself, to love regardless the return, without expectation but to let go of things not meant for me.

Well, truth is...I am finally getting there.

So yeah, I could of avoided lots of wasted time and poor choices made had I not spent so much time wrapped up in self absorption and insecurity.

Ugh, just think of the quality love and laughter to be had when we let go and get out of our own way.
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Well said and I could not agree with you more on your entire post. The mark of wisdom and blessed by the grow in he who shows you and has revealed these truth to you...
 
1christian1

1christian1

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Lynx said:
Old saying: "Nobody lies on his deathbed wishing he had spent more time at the office."

What DO people wish they had spent more time doing? I started thinking about this a while ago.

I've never heard anybody say "I wish I'd spent more time partying." I've never heard anybody regret not spending more time drinking. Nobody I know of has ever said "I wish I'd spent more time at an amusement park" or "I wish I had played more video games." Well... there are some nerds I know who might say that last one when they get old, but I've never heard it yet.

Everything I can think of that we try so hard to get to amuse ourselves, all of it is things I never hear old people saying they wish they had done more of.

So... what DO people wish they had done more of?

Also, why do we not do it when we can? Do we not realize we want to do those things until it's too late to do them?

I know, this is a very open question with no answers. Yet. I'm hoping somebody will have some thoughts that might lead to good answers. It has been puzzling me for some time.
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I was Diagnosed with M.S. 4 years ago and hav'nt been able to work. And work IS the thing I miss most...
 
Reggie_violin

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Great notable people like Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, Johann Sebastian Bach only had 24 hours in a day just like average people.
 
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