What if and If only

It’s not unusual to approach life’s situations by second guessing what might have happened if you had made different choices. What if you had chosen a different career path or stayed single instead of being married? If only you had stayed long enough in a job you hated because it would have provided a pension had you endured it. If only you hadn’t made that bad investment that cost you thousands of dollars in income. There is no end to the number of What ifs and If onlys you could revisit in your life. No matter how much time you spend ruminating over their consequences in your life, they will not change the present. Consider instead the lessons learned from each of them as they apply to your life today. Would you make the same choices given similar circumstances? The next time that “Too good to be true” offer came along, would you jump on it or would you give it the time it needs to make an informed decision. Would you weigh the price you are paying for continuing in a job that you resent and leaves you unfulfilled and unmotivated? What What ifs and If onlys are you still caught up in and how can you use them to live your life differently today?

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