If I was to do it over... I would...

For me, with out a doubt, I would of taken more time to enjoy the journey that I was on at the time, rather than the end result, or destination, on my many adventures that I have been afforded.

I have found that often the “destination” is often uneventful or even a let down.

I really am trying to remember this as I try new things or projects.

It is not a race for me any longer, but rather a enjoyable walk, at a pace that allows me to take in the surroundings.

It occurs to me that they call this “aging”, or maturing.

I prefer to call it experience and the gaining of wisdom.

Awakening, if you will !

-- Dusty

It was my screw ups that taught me the best life lessons. I could regret some of them but then i wouldnt be as far along in my life.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Miles is right on. Experience gets you through trying situations. Trying situations are how you get experience.

I look back on my life all the time – and say “wow, look at what I have learned/experienced/been given”. Some of the hardships endured were far from pleasant and I’m so glad those times are over but I don’t regret a single moment of them. The wisdom of today comes from those rough times. Would I want to experience it again? Never in a million years!! Once was enough, thank you very much.

And so, rather than looking at what I would have done differently I’m looking forward to what don’t I want to miss out on. The journey; I hope to never forget to enjoy the journey, to try give “it” a try if I find myself the least bit interested in it….

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I’m thinking like MsDebbie. There are quite a few things I would have done differently if I had known better, but if I had done them differently, I wouldn’t know what I know now. I have many regrets, because I’ve done a whole lot of stupid things. But I learned from each of them. My real regret is that my learning caused others pain.

-- Working at Woodworking www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

Hind sight is 20/20 as they say. Experience is what makes us who we are. I choose to look forward to all the things I still have to accomplish. It’s the unknown that gets me excited. If you had told me a year ago that right now I would be retired and building little toys for something to do, I would have thought you nuts…...... But hey! Here I am. Just think what the next year might bring.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

If everything you do comes out perfect, then you are not trying hard enough.

-- Thuan

No regrets – just reasons why I would not do some things again. I’d like to think that at the end of my journey through life that those who remember me will remember what my Dad taught me and I’ve written down as what I want spoken as my own eulogy – “I did what I thought was right.”

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

No regrets.. i’ve been blessed with a great life. I’d leave out a few of the stupid things I’ve done here and there maybe but that’s about it. Life is good!

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

I think of all the stupid things I’ve done and wish I had been smart enough to do them sooner.

My father told me he was once asked about his sons. He siad: “One jumps out of perfectly good airplanes the other flies single engine airplanes to Europe, Africa and Australia.”

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.