shower philosophies

while i was in the shower tonight, i did some deep philosophizing. alot of thinking goes on when you're in the shower, you know. or maybe it's just me and my occasional 45 minute extravaganzas (only on the days when i wash my hair and shave my legs).
so anyways, i was humming a dan potthast song to myself in the shower. i haven't listened to him for ages, so i'm not sure why the song popped into my head. i think it's called "how to suffer." i started thinking about a certain line that seems like it's supposed to be dialogue. i won't quote it, but my interpretation of it is that someone asks him what his regrets are, and he responds by saying he's not done yet, which to me means that he's not dead yet, so why would anyone assume that he has regrets (or at least regrets that can't be amended).

that got me thinking about how everyone has the possibility of living life entirely without regret. i'm referring to the haunt-you-on-your-deathbed kind of regret, not the regret you have for your most recent embarrassing moment or for having picked at that zit and turned it into a monster. but seriously. we all do stupid things, but what's glorious is that no matter how far from perfect we are, if we understand and take advantage of the atonement, we should never have to live with regret. that may seem kind of ironic since regret is a necessary step in the repentance process, but god forgives completely the minute you repent earnestly, so regret only has to last as long as you allow it to.

i firmly believe that every single experience you have contributes in a big way to who you are, and without those experiences you and your life might be totally different. in that sense, we'll always have to live with the memory and consequences of the things we've done, but we don't have to live in regret.

jesus is the best.

just some thoughts at the end of a long day...