Since I started riding the train to work I passed it every
day twice a day. It was a tree. A giant of a tree that stood alone in the
middle of a large park. Not only did I
see the tree briefly as the train accelerated but I would think, twice a day,
that I should stop and visit the tree.
Months passed by and never did I stop and visit.
As fate would have it the other Saturday I was returning
from a visit with one of my doctors [yes it’s true my PCP works on Saturdays]
and out of the blue asked my wife to detour via the park. It was time to visit the tree now dressed in
her spring finery.
What’s the big deal about visiting a tree in a park? Though the tree was amazingly large, though
the feeling of peace while standing beneath the canopy was amazing, and though
you could feel the ancient tree magic the big deal isn’t about the tree. The big deal is about actually acting. Though it took months I actually acted
instead of just thinking I should go see this tree.
I find it amusing it took getting ill for me to learn that
there are things that are good for all of us whether sick or healthy.
Taking action on a thought is good for us because it reduces
regret. Gone is the thought “oh I always
wanted to do that,” or “I wish I had fill
in the word.” Your mental curiosity about
that pub, that bookstore, that tree, that place is now a new experience because
you took action.
So take action and check out that cute little pub. Hell it may be a dive on the inside but at
least you’ll know. Act on going into
that interesting looking bookstore. Even
if you don’t need a book maybe you’ll find a copy of the one you’ve spent years
looking for.
Reduce regret and act.
Talk to you later.
