Better to have loved
Tennyson’s quote “Tis better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all”, fits other life lessons as well as love.
My advice in life is to go for it, in whatever area of life that you desire to create results. It does not matter if we succeed as much as it does to have made the effort. Let us open our hearts to the infinite possibilities of life! I think one of the saddest things is to look back at my life and wish I had risked more. Even though, I have tried so many different things and failed at many; I still regret those times when I held back. I have been married three times. Once, a family member said ” you don’t believe in marriage do you?” “I replied if I didn’t, why would I keep trying?” Well maybe I didn’t believe as much as Elizabeth Taylor or Mickey Rooney(they were married eight times each)! I was just fortunate to have met Lou Ann. I have been bankrupt three times! Yet today, I will keep on believing in being in love and creating abundance.
So for me, it is better to have given it everything I’ve got, then to have not. Only we know, whether we are giving it our all or not. This is not about success on some material level. Tennyson’s quote is for each of us when we are at the end of this life; to smile and look back and know how much life we lived. Don’t wait for your ship to come in or for your soulmate to show up. Right now, find your passion, do what you love and do them for as long and as hard as you can. You and the world will be better for it! From my risk taking heart to yours, Thomas
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