Learning curve...

Life fluctuates between being just tolerable, absolutely perfect and utterly miserable so easily it is a wonder that we cope with all of the extremes that we can feel, sometimes simultaneously. Guilt, regret, love, happiness... all there to be explored, questioned, sought, found and lost. Anger, sadness, pain... just waiting to be released. Hope that the mistakes we have made need not be repeated sustains us in times of confusion.At the moment I seem to be ignoring the saying, "If you're in a hole, stop digging." Hopefully, that will soon change. The sooner I find whatever it is that I am looking for, the sooner I can find the words to apologise to those that I've hurt - however unintentionally.

As Kalihl Gibran wrote, Our sorrows forge deeper channels into our souls so that they may contain more happiness that can then soar to greater heights. Regret does little to teach us, and it will not undo our wrongs - but those that are comforted by regret are free to get what comfort they can from it. I regret a lot of things I've done, recently and not so recently, but I'd like to think that I have, and will learn from all of my mistakes. Partly so that I can get it right when it matters, and partly so that I can use my knowledge to fix what is broken.