Regret, Anxiety and Gratitude
At yoga, in the break between the two 30 minute “segments of pain”, the instructor says some wise phrase that usually passes over me entirely due to exhaustion (100 F and 80% humidity will do that) but a phrase Monday stuck with me.
No amount of regret will change the past, no amount of anxiety with change the future but any amount of gratitude will change the present.
I’m grateful to be back in Calgary to watch my son try out for the Edge 18s this weekend (it helps that Landon DuPont was granted exceptional status into the WHL last week to open up an additional roster spot!). I’m grateful for running into my squash mentor today after doing the very same bike intervals he taught me to do 30 years ago. I’m grateful for the health of my parents, family and friends. And I’m grateful for you - the readers - who put up with spelling errors (I’m a content guy), random and wide ranging topics, and who reach out so frequently with thoughts and comments and stories.
The stairway to wherever is worth going is steep and hard and at times exhausting, but it’s always worth the journey. It’s a big weekend for Andrew. I hope he leaves anxiety in the locker room, leaves the ice with no regrets and enjoys every moment with gratitude. I know I will.
Have a wonderful weekend.