This I believe

Overall Belief Statement: Live your life with no regrets, there's no benefit in crying over spilled milk.

 Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk

         I make bad decisions often. And when I find that I’ve made the wrong choice I’m usually upset that I went against my better judgment. We’ve all fallen victim to bad decisions. Sometimes I even allow my plans to be altered by helping others. There was a model casting that a friend and I had planned to attend together and to split the cost of travel. Another friend asked to join. At the last minute the second friend called to say they needed to wait to go a few hours later. Going against myself, I waited for her. The first girl decided she didn’t want to go anymore because she feared we’d arrive late. After a few hours, I called my second friend back only to find that she, too, had decided to no longer go. And there I was left without any other options to compensate transportation. I was so upset at myself for allowing someone else to cause me to miss a great opportunity. I cried and I beat myself up over it for hours. But my mother always told me “don’t cry over spilled milk”. If something bad happens, know that all things have purpose. It’s a part of a much larger plan that we would never be capable of grasping. I’m always prepared for the worst, and when things don’t turn out my way I take it as a lesson learned and a part of a bigger, better plan for my life. We must accept what we can’t change.
         I’ve taken the things in my life for granted often. I’ve wondered why I react the way I do, but I’ve grown to realize it’s simply because of the things I’ve been through in life. What you give is what you get, and I want so much more for my life than what I’ve had in the past. It’s unacceptable for me to use my past a crutch. It doesn’t give me reason to treat others wrong. Some things happen that are beyond our control, but great deals of our circumstances are results of our own actions. I set a “code of honor” for myself that way everything I do is intentional and well thought out. I am responsible for every outcome. I am careful of the choices I make, that way it’s easier for me to live the way I believe we all should: without a stitch of regret.
        I am constantly reminding myself to be thankful and grateful for what I do have and for the things that ARE right in my life.  There is always someone out there in the world with a situation worse than what we’re going through. Be optimistic. When I’m at my lowest point, I remember that the only way to go from the bottom is up. Happiness is perception and the only person hindering me from obtaining that happiness is myself. This I believe.