Interesting, ST, interesting...
'Course that made my weird little mind start wandering around...
**in no way am I saying this is true of you...or anyone else**
The road not taken--these words prompted me to wonder if I have regrets about the road I did take...ya know what? I could run myself ragged if I keep thinking about it.
Chasing The Tail was one of my minors in college
I can't afford the luxury of spending my energy doing it...second guessing my choice is stupid of me to do. I cannot change a thing about it, I can learn from it and hope I learn the lesson the first time.
Usually I don't learn it the first time. It takes an oh crap, here I go again to get my undivided attention.
Fortunately I have the German-Irish temperament to back off and take stock before I have another go at it...one oh crap is enough, don't ya think?
Remember the stop-drop-and roll?
I'm fairly good at the stopping
Dropping (anything) is natural for me...I was kicked out of charm school...
after I was told to leave the convent

True!
Roll, not a yeast roll or the one around my former waistline.
the one
Where I can roll around in the muck before I get pissy enough about it to take any action. It's akin to shaking off a booger that was super glued to my head, then I finally bought some nail polish remover (sensible surrender) and let go of it.
In Peace