No specific instance yet, but I’m quite sure that over the years there have been moments of inaction that, with the benefit of hindsight, could have turned out differently, and better. It might have been some opportunity I let go by the boards– investing in land, taking certain things more seriously, behaving better, picking up on cues from my wife and either doing or saying something that would have paved the way for a better outcome.
OK. One thing that comes to mind is a missed opportunity to take the high road when we neighborhood kids gathered after supper one night and turned into a mob of sorts, picking on one of the other neighborhood kids who we, in our teenage mindlessness, thought was weird and annoying. I was neither emotionally mature nor brave enough to stand up and say that what we were doing was wrong and actually weak and awful. It still makes me cringe when I think about it.
The good thing is that with a bit of time, and grace and forgiveness, we mended fences and were able to move beyond that ugliness.
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