February Meditations

Thoughts to ponder and act on this month

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1. We do not know the future, but we can see those in it. If the best of what, say, a career offers is something you wouldn’t consider an achievement, don’t start; don’t enter. (We, obviously, must do what we must, just not for a day longer than it must be so.)

2. Regrets are natural, but they must be controlled. There’s always what we didn’t know then that we know now. Mostly, regrets are about a false belief that what we rejected is better than what we’ll come to have. This is compelling at times, but time is long, and we generally underrate the growth that improvement can bring.

3. Never doubt your nos. What you said no to, it’s probably because it didn’t make sense to accept at the time. Times change and our fortunes may decline to make an offer we once rejected attractive. This does not mean we should have accepted it, but it does mean we should work hard to correct the present that makes this past alluring.

4. It’s easier to commit than to end commitments. Noth…