The biggest mistake ever

Mistakes are common enough phenomena. It's all part and parcel of being human i.e. the process of making an ass out of oneself. But have anyone ever thought about making mistakes by omission? Paradoxical eh... but highly viable as a category of mistakes by itself.

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted."
Aldous Huxley

I don't believe most are evil or inhuman but rather, through my frequent contacts and conversations with those fallen by the wayside, most people belong to the category above, AKA: lazy bums. Quite recently, I did that. Despite the sincerest of intentions, I took the easy way out and took it for granted.

No garden ever self maintained; the gardener must constantly prune, weed and water the patch. Leave it alone for even 3 days, voila, weeds sprouts from every conceivable corner. Of course, it's not easy. In fact, it's time consuming, tedious and unfortunately necessary. Some might argue that it is fortunately necessary, I would agree too.

My colleague complained about the way his children treated him. Instead of asking him what happened, my boss and I asked him how did he treat them when he was younger. Did he talk with them, showed them concern, love them as they were? In my usual pointed way, I asked him: "Did you ever talk with them, or, did you talk to them?" There is a difference.

Have you made the difference today? Go do it now. Bring your family out, listen to your husband's complaints, do the dishes for your wife automatically, pet your cat, play monopoly with the kids, etc. Do something, and stamp out regrets taking root within you.