Inspirational regrets...

As everyone knows, I am not big on regrets, I fully believe and have said a thousand times, everyone and everything is in your life for a reason.
Everything bad that has happened to me, has shaped me - I have learnt and grown from it, and will continue to do so, from every hurt, every mistake and every loss. As I will from the positives, I gain something from everyone in my life.

I think, that I am lucky to have this perspective, I speak quite regularly to some people - who can't seem to see the silver lining, who don't realise that as bad as they may feel, there are people who have it worse. People who take every little thing as a setback and a personal affront, and I can't help but feel bad for them .... not because they have it tough, but because they can't seem to see that there is a way through. That if people leave their lives, they leave for a reason, or whatever... I pity the people who regret and lament everything.

So, it is a great oddity that today, I find myself with regret, missing someone who left my life - and missing them horribly too, I might add. They have been on my mind a bit lately, for whatever reason. And for someone I never actually met face to face, he had a great impact on my life, he was a truly amazing friend, and someone I just lost contact with. He always made me laugh, we caused sufficient trouble together and he always had a logical answer to my problems - and me, I was the crazy bitch who did whatever, whenever with little thought to consequences... something he always wished he could do, but found himself choosing the responsible route, so he lived his spontaneous nature vicariously though me.

As always, there is learning here. NEVER ask ''what if'' or ''should I''. Life is too short - don't ask, just do! Never allow the sensibilities of others to hold you back. Don't be scared to live, just because they are. Take risks, won't it piss you off if you take the safe option - and then get hit by a bus anyway? Everything is 50/50, but you could do something amazing - IF you take the risk.
There you have it, my life's only regret - I should have got on the fucking plane!!!!