Music For The Soul
The Lanzarote Sessions - Series 10 Session 5
THE MESSAGE
Transcribed on 12th May 2025 @ 4:00pm
“There’s a kinda hush, all over the world tonight...”
Did you recognise my song for you? It use to be one of my favourites from those mad days of the late 60’s and early 70s.
I lived a party lifestyle and never took anything too serious. I thought I was invincible. Like so many people, I believed I would live forever more, and treated life as if I would. I’m a believer that everyone should enjoy their life. It’s short enough, so why not? But not in the abusive way I did. I never seen the damage the drink was doing to me, so why worry about it. I never realised that the friends I was losing was because of me, not being the kind of person they wanted to be around.
I died on earth a lonely person. There were a few from the family at my funeral, but not as many as I should have had. It was my fault. I abused everything and everyone. Honestly, in my last few months there, I realised my mistakes. I’d knew about them before, but it took the news I was going to die for me to reflect on my ways and how I’d got to this state at just 53 years of age.
I want you to listen to the lyrics of the song I sang to you. There is a powerful message that you might never have realised before.
Some might ask me if I have regrets now with hindsight. And that is a difficult question for me to answer. I never regretted the way I lived. I always had the opportunity to change. I earned good money, though spent it quickly too. I once had a beautiful wife and a beautiful son too. I don’t regret that.
I was who I became and that was from my choices. You can’t live life looking back all the time with regrets holding you back. Ok, I made a lot of silly mistakes that effectively shortened my life. But regrets? Maybe I regret the booze. It became my comfort too much.
So, what is my message to you? Don’t live the rest of your life with regret for the decisions you’ve made. Man up, they’re your choice and you made them, so own them. If you are going to do something that you think you might regret, don’t do it! It couldn’t be simpler. Regrets are spawned from poor choices. Consider the choices. you make, then live with them.
I made a mess with my earth life, but that was an accumulation of my choices. It may be hard to understand, and maybe I have some growing still to do, but I don’t have many regrets. For the big part, I had a good life and I’m proud of what I did achieve.
That’s really all I wanted to share with you today. Don’t live with regrets, just make the best choices and live with them.
I hope my message helps someone that reads my words that this medium has written so well. Thank you.
No regrets, just good choices!
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