Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.

When I was a kid, I used to watch Chibi Maruko-chan.

Her older sister once said, “Life is always full of regrets.”

Back then, I thought it was just a teenager being overly dramatic.

Now I see how true it is.

Life is nothing but endless choices, and we can never be certain if another path would have been better.

Was my effort wasted? Was my decision right? No one can answer that.

But here’s what I finally understand:

If I put thought into my choices, then even when the outcome hurts, it leaves only regret’s gentler cousin—a quiet sense of what might have been, not the weight of what should not have been.

Too often, I was impatient.

Too quick to act without thinking.

If only I had learned earlier that slowing down is not weakness—it is wisdom.