Some Josie lovin' Part 2

2. You have written that "It's best to make a decision, stick with it, and learn from it if it was the good decision to make or not." We all have a few regrets. If you could have one "Undo" in your life, what moment in your past would you use it for? What is the worst decision you have ever made, and what did you learn from that experience? What has been the best decision? If one of your children was making a decision that you strongly disagreed with, at what point would you intervene?

Hmmm, if I could have one "undo". I honestly don't think I would use my "undo" for any moment in my life. Everything I have done or experienced helped make me who I am today, and I am pretty comfortable and satisfied with who I am. Sure I have said things in the past that I probably shouldn't have said, but were they things that were true? Yes, and rose coloring things just are not necessary at times.

The worst decision I ever made? When Frank and I were both 19 we bought a car that we should have never bought. We had no apartment and were still living with his father. We should have gotten an apartment and then a car. Deciding to do a voluntary reposession was a hard decision to make, but it had to be done. We just didn't think things thru on that one...but it was a nice car while we had it.

As for one of our kids making a decision that I strongly disagree with, I'm not sure at what point I would say something. I would most likely offer my opinon. If they wanted it, I would share it in a polite way so they would not think that I was judging them. If they didn't want it, then I would caution them to seriously think things thru. However, if it were something that could cause somebody harm or be in any way against the law, then all bets are off and I would definately offer up my advice to them and encourage them to choose wisely. Forcing them to do things "my way" I think would make them resent me and possibly just force them into doing as I would like them not to do.

Regret is something that we all live with. The biggest regret that I feel people face is the regret of not doing something when they should have. That's why I feel it is best to make a decision and go with it. The worst that will happen is you will have learned that you made the wrong decision, but that's how we learn. I feel that if we don't make decisions and go for them we might one day realize that we lived to regret that we didn't regret to live. That make sense to anybody but me?