When younger we make various choices without the future in mind. Sometimes those choices bite us in our mid-life. These are some of the things one might regret when they’re older.
1. *Marrying the wrong person*
When you’re young, check your motives for marrying. Don’t marry to copy your peers, for social standing or out of pressure. Marry for love and companionship.
2. *The opportunities you did not seize*
When you are younger many doors will open, you will get many chances, be wise and spend wisely
3. *The bridges you burned*
When we are younger, we care little for relationships, what most think about is getting money and moving up the ladder of success, you underrated people, who know tomorrow
4. *The child you aborted*
You are a young lady, you get pregnant and you are scared. You take the aborting option quickly thinking of that moment then. But when you are much older, you will look back and wish you kept that baby. It will be too late to cry then
5. *The child you rejected*
Young man, you impregnated a woman, she told you she’s pregnant with your child. You rejected her and the baby and ran. But years later when you’re 50-something, you will wish you were responsible, you will wish you manned up and became a father to that child. You will see that child Excel in another’s hand as his father, it will be too late to cry then.
6. *The marriage you destroyed*
So you get married to your good fiance; the first months in marriage were good but shortly after, with your money and charm, you started having affairs. You became unfaithful. You devoiced, you later see your spouse at the top, it will be too late to cry then.
7. *The God you disowned*
When you are much older you become wiser, and God becomes more real as you see life in a more meaningful way. But don’t wait to get older to start enjoying a relationship with God. Then you will realise that you have wasted many years
8. *The body you messed up*
You have only one body to live with all your life. The cigarettes, the alcohol you are abusing, the drugs you are taking, the unhealthy food you’re consuming; all that will destroy you slowly. When you are 50 and lifestyle diseases catch up with you, you will wish you took care of your body when younger, but what is done has been done, Sorry for you.
9. *The time you wasted*
The time you are wasting when younger in worry, wrong relationships, laziness, being a couch potato, giving excuses and pursuing meaningless things; you will never get it back.
10. *The dreams and talents you shelved*
Are you talented when young; are there things you love to do and you are good at them? Nurture those talents, exploit them, don’t give up even if you encounter setbacks, and keep on trying, before you become outdated
11 *The name you defamed*
When you are older, a legacy is very important, the value of your name is crucial. You will ask yourself what is your reputation, and what are you leaving behind. Your legacy is a total of your actions since your youthful days. We write our biography by how we live life every day. When you look back on your path and you see the mud you threw at your name, the shame you attracted and the little value you have added to the world; you will regret it.
12. *The wealth you threw away*
Are you riding on good money during your productive years? Earning good money? Don’t throw away that money in clubs, reckless living and wasteful shopping. Invest with that money, widen your revenue stream, make that money work for you and keep it safe to take care of you in your older years.
13. *The good love that got away*
Is there that great person in your life loving you good? Don’t push that person away, or else that person will walk out of your life and you will never find someone that incredible and who connects with you all your life. It will torment you to grow older with thoughts of “What if I was still with that person?”
14 *The parents you despised*
When younger, it is easy to show contempt to your parents; what do your parents know? They are old-fashioned, shady and small-minded. But your parents are still your parents whether you agree with them or not, whatever their style. Don’t let your parent die or age separated from you, reconcile and make up. When you get older, you will realize why your parents wanted to be close to you. The older you get, the more you see the value.
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Servant of Allah