Before anything else, I wanted you to position yourself inside a quiet room that is away from noise. Then, I want you to close your eyes and inhale deeply as you exhale slowly. As you try to relax your mind while doing the breathing exercise. I want you to think of anything that you wish you should have done but unfortunately it didn’t happen. It can be in any forms such as family events, business ventures, opportunities and etc. Do this exercise for at least 5 minutes. Afterwards, in a piece of paper, write as many missed unfulfilled things in your life that you could have wishfully done.

   The purpose of the exercise that I have given is an opportunity for us to allow ourselves to reflect particularly when it comes to all those missed opportunities that have passed along our way. For sure, after doing the said exercise, some of you are now regretting on the things that you have unfortunately not done. Sadly, as we grow old we are hunted by a lot of things most particularly in terms of career and business opportunities ; travel and leisure opportunities ; the opportunity to learn new skills and further develop ourselves; and most especially family relationship. As we stand in front of the mirror, we look back from our younger years realizing how much time that have been wasted.  Then the famous phrase will then run inside our mind “If I can only turn back the time”. Isn’t it familiar? 

    I am writing this not to trigger your peaceful state as of the moment because I am also not exempted to this. I have lots of regrets in my life most especially when it comes to my career and family relationship. I am not an exemption just like you. In fact, there were even points in my life that I wanted to give up from all the misfortunes. It took me a lot of reflections before realizing my capacity as a person and accepts the reality that I can no longer reset those wasted time. Instead, let us learn from those regrets and re-establish ourselves most especially when it comes to our family relationship. In fact, one of the biggest regrets of every men and women in this planet is the fact that they were not able to spend more time with their family. At this point in time, there are Parents who failed to spend time with their children because they are too preoccupied with their job, Children who fail to appreciate the meals that were prepared to them by their lovely Mother, and Siblings that doesn’t realized that the value of their presence. 

   The world has witnessed different kinds of regrets. As people continues their journey on this land. There are small things in life that we have often neglected; only then we realized that those small things can even change our life into a bigger circumference. However, the reality speaks that we can no longer turn back time! Yet as long as we are breathing, we are given the opportunity to learn from our experiences and move forward to become a better individual – as an obedient son or daughter, as a loving sibling, as an empowered person. Life must goes on and never dwells too much with our regrets. I am not saying to deny those regrets. Instead, look back for a second then step forward and create actions to cope up with those “empty spaces” within you. The process might difficult but please be reminded that as we continue to struggle with it, little by little we flourish into a fragrant flower that everyone will admire! 

   A challenge for everyone is to take simple actions to renew our inner self such as:

1.	Set specific goals before your day will end since this will create a time frame. 

2.	Set at least 1-2 hours every day for your family. If you are away from them, never stop calling them and tell them how much you love them. 

3.	Create a diary! then, monitor how you have changed in the past. 

4.	Never forget to feed your soul and always be thankful to God. 

Putting everything into action will make us as a person that is more accepting; and will learn to stop neglecting with all the miseries in lives. Therefore, wear your running shoes and sweat until all your worries will be swept away.