Follow through and regrets

Often things are done with the best of intentions but fail simply due to poor initial planning or a lack of follow through. I feel this may have been the case with this bench — poor placement choice and a lack of continuing maintenance on the surrounding areas.

It currently seats one, if you don’t mind sitting among the greenery, and if left to mother natures continuing efforts may be lost all together in the near future.

I was thinking of all my personal projects I’ve begun throughout my life — projects, plans or goals that started with good intentions but were abandoned for various reasons, lost opportunities. In the scheme of things, there’s a vast difference between failure and regret, failure can be a great teacher but there is little learned from regret.

A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps. — Charles Goodyear

Regret over things we dared not try is perhaps the worst of all.

Just thoughts going through my mind at the moment. TGIF – have a good weekend. :-)

Image processing included the use of Lightroom 3, Photoshop, Topaz Simplify and Detail, NIK Color Efex.

UPDATE: I’ve realized this post reads “heavier” then it was meant to be. The point I so poorly tried to express was we should be sure and take advantage of those opportunities when they come, for as Ray K. expressed in the comments, they “might not come your way again.” Don’t be afraid to fail and don’t live your life in a way that makes any room for regrets. I’m still learning this lesson.

I should be more careful writing before my first cup of coffee kicks in — that one eye open and one closed thing. ;-)