Living With No Regrets

I find myself thinking a lot lately...thinking about life and how I'm living it. Maybe thinking about more of how I want to or should be living it. It has struck me that I do not want to have regrets in my life. Now, I'm not talking about not making routines mistakes; I'm mean when I get to the end of my life, will I have poured out everything I have?

I recently started a book called One Month To Live - Thirty days to a life with no regrets. Yeah, I know...a self-help book. But, I'm passionate about the topic. It talks a lot about relationships and how we spend our time and what is important in our lives. Right before I left Illinois I experienced living this no-regrets life.

I had two weeks between the end of school and the start of my internship so I poured everything I had into my relationships at home for those two weeks. My younger cousins and I spent so much time together. I went to more 14 & under softball games during those two weeks than I had ever been to in my entire life. I went to graduations and spent time with my parents and my brother. I knew those two weeks would be my only chance to be with them so I gave them everything I had. And at the end of those two weeks I felt great.

Part of this no-regrets thing for me is...I want to make a difference in the lives around me. I want to be known for giving myself up for others around me. I want to pour myself into my close relationships and make new ones while I'm at it. Living with intentionality is the key. I try to think about how I'm spending my time and who I'm spending it with. Hopefully I'm making a difference in the lives around me. I've tried to be this way with the students I've encountered here in Texas as well as their families. Hopefully it is working, I still have a long way to go.

I try to live my life as if I knew I was dying. Making a difference in others is really what counts.