Something I Always Think "What If" About

""What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life." That quote is from a very good movie, called "Letters to Juliet." It has always stayed with me as a powerful testament to the truth of regrets and missed opportunities. I have never been immune to these words plaguing my inner most thoughts and dreams. What if I don't make it? What if he doesn't love me? What if I hadn't done that awful thing once upon a horrible time? Above all, something I always think "what if" about is a sort of inception. I think and wonder: what if I live my whole life and in the end only can say what if? I want to live a life where every opportunity is explored, where no rock has been left unturned, where I understand that every mistake is a part of who I am for good and bad. Another favorite movie quote will sum up my meaning best. "I don't believe in mistakes. It's the mistakes that make us who we are." That one is from "This Means War." All in all, do I sometimes fall victim to those haunting words? Yes. Do I intend to have a haunted life because of them? No. Trust in God. Trust in love. Trust that every past horror has made you stronger and every future worry will be okay in one way or another...then and only then can you be free from the stripping powers of "what if".