You Won't Regret This
Illustration
by Brett Blair

Regret is a part of life. Lost opportunities and lost health but life can also be filled with things we'll never regret. Here's a short list:

  • Showing kindness to an aged person.
  • Destroying a letter written in anger.
  • Offering an apology that will save a friendship.
  • Stopping a scandal that was ruining a reputation.
  • Helping a child find themselves.
  • Forgiving a wrong.
  • Taking time to show consideration to parents, friends, brothers and sisters.
  • Refraining from gossip when others around you delight in it.
  • Refusing to do a thing which is wrong, although others do it.
  • Helping someone out of bind.
  • Forgiving a debt.
  • Living according to your convictions.
  • Saying "I love you" to someone who hasn't heard it in a while.
  • Accepting the judgment of God on any question.

Do these and remember them as well as you do your regrets and the shadow of the former will fade. 

ChristianGlobe Networks, Inc., Illustrations from ChristianGlobe, by Brett Blair