Think of all the times in your life you realized you made the wrong decision or just didn't think things through. Well, maybe not all of them or we'll be here a while. Just pick a few juicy ones so we can move on.
If we're lucky, those uh-oh moments morph into ah-ha ones and a growth experience ensues. This phenomenon seems to happen frequently to Oprah viewers. The rest of us mortals struggle with the "what was I thinking?" inner monologue. My own recent bout of angst would have put Hamlet to shame.
Good thing we come out the other end with a litany of resolutions. Kind of like New Years Eve but without the champagne and confetti. We promise to keep our own counsel, to be prepared, to look at all sides. But like most resolutions these, too, are fleeting and long forgotten until we find ourselves in another predicament. Then it's back to square one and, like Yogi Berra said, it's deja vu all over again.
My favorite uh-oh moment happened to a matador in Mexico recently. He was in the ring with a charging bull when he -- the matador, not the bull -- realized that he really wasn't cut out for this line of work and ran out of the arena to the jeers of bullfight fans. No word on his change of career but if you're in Mexico City come tax time, I'd probably avoid the CPA in the tight sequined pants. Ole, amigo, ole!
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Oh, I try not to think of this too much or I start drinking heavily. Sometimes I imagine if I had not done this or that (major decisions or actions) and where would I be now. It's a little tough because the path I am on now includes my husband and children, who I would not have most likely if I had made different decisions long ago. So I end up fantasizing about taking a different path but with the caveat that I still end up with my same husband and kids.....at least then I can ponder that. Then I get sad at some of the bonehead decisions I made. And then I fill up the glass and watch Monk or 24 reruns ! Or Jesse Stone movies (Tom Selleck)......oh yes.
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