There is something about the crisp appley-fall air that makes me quite melancholy. I am so loving this season of autumn this year. The crunchy leaves, the little scurrying squirrel in our trees, the feeling of preparing for winter etc. I have had this post in my mind since last spring - so it has been ruminating inside me for some time now. This is about my original thought and creation of a new word - "Regret-ion  Versus  Rejection".  I have always wanted to picture my life as one that was without regret, but alas, when I look at my past with an honest heart - I realize there are regrets.  But this is not what I am speaking of, what I speak of is in the "present". Sometimes we wish to do something in our life that requires courage and sacrifice and strength. And we apply for something that might not be accepted. That is hard and yet I have learned that I want to TRY for things even if I am rejected. I want to "invite" people to come unto Christ - even if they don't want to . . .I want to apply for Chaplain post-graduate classes - even if the supervisor does not want a mormon Chaplain in her program. I want to take risks and seek out opportunities even if I am rejected - because it truly is better to feel rejection rather than "regret-ion"or not even trying at all.  So that is the lesson I learned last spring - tis better to have tried and failed than not to have tried at all.  Shakespeare? I don't think so. . .I think he speaks of loving and losing rather than trying - but let us all TRY ON in good faith and hope!!
PS  I did get accepted into the Chaplain program - first mormon to be accepted!