Furthermore…

Preacher:

“Salvation is a free gift from above. We will now take up a collection for the Shipping and Handling!”

We hear the phrase ‘no regrets’ pretty often. Frank (The Chairman of the Board) Sinatra sang “Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention”.*  For me, its “Many years, I’ve had them too, but then again, too many to mention!”

But as the years pile up, so too do the regrets. The unexpected part is that it’s not the sins and outrages I was aware of at the time I committed them (too many to mention), but almost forgotten instances of stupidity, insensitivity and stubbornness I was pretty much at peace with at the time I hatched them, thinking “Why not?” or “I’m only human” or “Anyone would do the same thing”, if indeed, I took much notice of them at all.

Maybe I can find some solace in another of Sinatra’s songs, “What Can I Say After I Say I’m sorry?”  

*in the song ‘My Way’