Holding on to regrets is like wearing a noose around your neck.
In my last blog I let you all in on our family's pursuit of healing for my husbands auto-immune condition. You can read about how I have been navigating this in my last post, When Not To Run.
We found out Dan had Hashimoto's about a year after moving to Colorado. We'd been feverishly remodeling a basement in our first home for that entire time while Dan got more and more sick.
Late nights and too many poorly planned meals had caught up to us. It was also during this time that we finally had to face the music that we weren't getting pregnant.
It took us 6 years and a whole lot of heartache to get out of that house and to finally get pregnant and meet our twin boys. While I have so much joy now...boy have I let those years torture me with regret.
Life is simply too precious to spend wallowing in what might have been and the mistakes we've made.
However, I've been guilty of allowing far too many missed opportunities haunt me and keep me paralyzed from taking action in the present moment. The stress that those years have caused and the lost time I often covet can only be redeemed if I let it all go.
Letting go ain't easy either. It takes faith that those years will have meaning beyond the pain. That God will heal the hurts and make beauty from the ashes of my past. And sometimes the only way I can step into that faith is to move.
Working out has always been and continues to be my number one way to process my grief, regrets, and confusion about why bad things happen in life. I ALWAYS walk away from movement feeling lighter, more engaged with what my heart really needs, and a renewed perspective of hope.
If you struggle with lingering and persistent regret and even bitterness about what you have done or what has been done to you, then you must try THIS EXERCISE.
This "keep-up" exercise can be life-changing when applied in any situation where you need to literally throw your worries, regrets, and stress behind you.
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