Don’t get lost in regrets 

of not having done something.

Do it now. 

The past is just that: the past. Our reality fixed in time. Bemoaning what we did, or failed to do, accomplishes little. If we were supposed to have done something, we would have. Since we didn’t, we clearly hadn’t planted enough seeds and nurtured enough conditions to accomplish it. Clearly hadn’t managed to overcome our selfish, lazy habits. Clearly hadn’t wanted to bother ourselves. Now, disappointed by our failure, we can sink further into dismay, or we can rouse ourselves and make amends. Or, painfully no longer having such an option, find ways to be kinder to those still in our life. We cannot alter our past mistakes because they are fixed in time. But we can remedy our selfishness, bad habits, and inclination to make poor choices, which are not yet irrevocably set. To accomplish this, we need to leave the past, pay attention to the present, and keep an eye on the future.