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Norwegian

Trad climber

dancin on the tip of god's middle finger

Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 24, 2015 - 06:07am PT

list them here.
don't hold back.
you're safe,
as are your most colorful secrets.

no recruiters ever visit this site.
come on. we're a bunch of filthy, self-righteous,
alter-rich, narcissists.
and no self-respecting company would
ever hire a one of us.

dump out your purse.
right here.

the boos?
carreer risks?
choice in women?
choice in men?
choices exercised?

did you not take enough chances?
or too many?

did you not listen?
to the music.
or to your parents?

did you supress your
heartfelt expressions?
or did you say too much?

did you burn bridges?
and inhale the smoke?

how about well-being?
did you kick it around and spit on it?
or did you become a slave to it's pursuit?

did you exorcise unkindness?
did you not dump adequate love on those deserving?

did you cheat?
on yourself?
or the dream?

how about it?

i'm guilty of every single assertion listed above (except for choosing a man, not that's wrong.)

but i don't regret a one of them.

i only experience fleeting feelings of regret.
but then i realize that i cannot
re-direct reality as it passes thru me.

bare all, friends and imagined acquaintances.
we won't hold nothing against you.

and thank you.[Click to View YouTube Video]

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Mar 24, 2015 - 06:10am PT

NOT CLIMBING MORE! and I cimbed all the time at night in the heat and all year long for twenty years non stop.

GETTIN HURT IN '($ AND cents) '94, 96 and 2011.
Sellinin' the farm,goin' white picket fence
NOT STAYING IN THE 'RIDE< WHEN THE LIQOUR STORE JOB WAS the OFFER.
NOT STAYIN' OUT IN THE TEMPERATE WEST(just now it is below freezing outside)
EVER TAPPING ON THE SITES ABOUT CLIMBING
OR GETTING THE BUG TO SCREAM INTO THE WIND
GoIIng see, absorb digest regurgitate repeat.
And looking to see if a cryptic ravine has been up to scratch ? The battery dies.....

well sorry i do not understand ya' and I try oh man do I

Norwegian

Trad climber

dancin on the tip of god's middle finger

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2015 - 06:11am PT

gnome that would fall under
the category
of expression-suppression.

kill that regret.
now.

couchmaster

climber

Mar 24, 2015 - 06:14am PT

The weight of the good so far outweighs the bad, that regrets are not even a topic needed to be looked at - for me. My main goal in life was to live till my youngest was 5 years old. I have done so and am satisfied and grateful. He's 24 now and off climbing at City of Rocks. Before he left I sat down with him and asked if he thought I had conveyed everything that was of any importance and signifigance. He said yes, in fact, many were drilled repeatedly and he recited a litany of them to me. It's so serene on your soul to hit your most important goal and pass it by a wide mile.

and another bigtime woot!

clinker

Trad climber

Santa Cruz, California

Mar 24, 2015 - 06:27am PT

Too many cheeseburgers, not enough time.

Gearhead

Trad climber

Novato Ca

Mar 24, 2015 - 06:45am PT

I used to think I had a lot of regrets, but looking a my life now and seeing what I got, which is a lot, I wouldn't change to much. Those choices, good or bad got me here. Only two I wish I could do over.

1 Not getting back to the states before my mother died.
2 Plowing into a CHP cruiser with my 68 GTO in Santa Cruz in 91

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Mar 24, 2015 - 07:08am PT

I really regret looking at this thread, but now I'm here:

Mouse regrets he had too many cats and not more egrets for pets

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/cattle_egret/sounds

Even eager egret owners err in their choices

But in spite of smelling of cowflops they birds have nice v-v-v-voices

I give you the Bird and you give me that Turd
And we can call it Even Steven

If it was a duck I'd call it Chuck, or Bob, or Werner

anita514

Gym climber

Great White North

Mar 24, 2015 - 07:31am PT

Lots. Trying to learn from them but it isn't always so easy.

Capt.

climber

some eastside hovel

Mar 24, 2015 - 07:39am PT

My few regrets entailed women and alcohol. Not necessarily together. Could a lesson be in there??

'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber

like Ontario, Canada, eh?

Mar 24, 2015 - 05:29pm PT

As Frank often sang:

"Regrets? I have a few...
But then again, too few to mention."

Life is short - we're here for a good time, not a long time. Live each day as though it were your last. [It could be, and you don't have to look far to find examples] Share your love, but do not squander it on the unreceptive. And when you find your Beloved, move heaven and earth to make her yours.

Seek your Destiny, it exists, may even already exist [Ps 103]

Follow your heart, and fukk your detractors - you don't need their approval. Only you can choose your own path to happiness. Dare to follow a path outside the norm - there are plenty here at McTopo who do that.

Choose your friends wisely - those who will love you and accept you unconditionally, no matter what you do, no matter what your choices.

Because at the end of the day, it's not about who approved of you, or envied you, or congratulated you. And it's not about "he who dies with the most toys wins". What's the point in being the Richest Man in the Graveyard?

It's about the joys you shared, the people you loved, the adventures you survived, the wines you enjoyed, the rocks you climbed, the caves you discovered...

But mostly, it's about the FUN you had!

Splater

climber

Grey Matter

Mar 24, 2015 - 05:31pm PT

I regret that I have regrets.

Lynne Leichtfuss

Trad climber

Will know soon

Mar 24, 2015 - 05:56pm PT

Regrets............I maybe should have acted more on what Dan suggested. But life is, and most do the best, and after that forgiveness.

I do not live with regrets. For that I am thankful.

10b4me

Social climber

Mar 24, 2015 - 06:09pm PT

Do you regret the things you haven't done?

Lynne Leichtfuss

Trad climber

Will know soon

Mar 24, 2015 - 06:14pm PT

10b4me, Not yet cause I'm still working on checking off the list. Still need time on a vessel on an ocean or another body of H20.

Edit: But 10b4me you bring up an interesting question. Do we regret not doing things, adventures, life challenges etc. Or do we regret things pertaining to life, love, emotions etc. Different those but also intertwined....

kaholatingtong

Trad climber

therealmccoy from Nevada City

Mar 24, 2015 - 06:20pm PT

I don't believe in regrets. I don't allow for myself to dwell upon those types of thoughts. I don't feel that it is healthy. This is an ideal state that I sometimes have to work for but in general I can live up to it.