I needed to know who should get the best of my energy: my boys or a company that asked me to speak for them. I needed to know what matters. And the image of that man in his tuxedo was all I needed. You will always regret something. You will always disappoint someone. But it isn't going to be my husband and our boys. It has been, sometimes. But I'm learning. And I'm making things right.Shauna Niequist
About This Quote
We all have to make decisions. Some of those decisions are personal and difficult, but they're still decisions that we must make. Many of these decisions will be based on what seems like the right thing at the time. However, after time passes, we may discover that our choices were not the best ones.
Thus, we should not beat ourselves up about our wrong choices, because it isn't something that will kill us. It is something that will push us to do better next time around. When I was in college, I made some bad choices related to my grades and my relationships.
I was not perfect, but I do not regret any of those choices because I learned from them. I am doing better now than I would have been had I not failed at those things.
Source: Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic For A Simpler, More Soulful Way Of Living
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