The lyrics in Adele’s Someone Like You — “regrets and mistakes they’re memories made” — stuck with me a while following a recent call from a longtime friend.  He shared with me his struggle concerning his past, playing the “what if” game over a lost love.  What if he’d handled things differently?  What if the two of them had worked out?  I assured him if that was supposed to have happened, it would have.  And I reminded him he wouldn’t have the beautiful children he ended up blessed with.  Regardless, there was no going back.  After we hung up, I started thinking about my own life and how often I play the same game.  Thankfully, there aren’t many decisions I’d make differently because everything that’s led me to this moment in time has made me who I am, flaws and all.  Besides, if we live in the past, we cannot continue to move ahead into our individual futures mapped out for us.  Now if only I had a GPS so I could get there via a more direct route …

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How can you turn your regrets into memories made while still going forward?