Better is The most hopeful way to different

​Such a wasted question: what would I have done different?

Because even when that list is completed, the comprehensive list of all the life-altering things I would have done different, the number of them I'll actually have a chance to do different is zero.

Forever.

Zero.

But what would I have done better? Now there is a meaningful question.

So often, when we consider different, we consider undoing. We think of all the things we did we wish we hadn't done until we are helplessly depressed by the reality there is NO undoing.

But when we consider better, we think about doing. We can't undo our way to different but we can absolutely do ourselves to better. Better is the hopeful excitement that comes with the possibilities waiting on the other side of doing.

Today is a perfect day to stop beating yourself up for the things you'd like to undo and start imagining the possibilities calling your name on the other side of doing.

Start doing. Start answering the call. Lean into better; turn away from different.

The list of things you can undo is forever zero.

The list of things you can do better is forever endless.

Forever hopeful.