If I could go back in time, would I have made a different choice? Probably not. Choices are made for the sake of one's own happiness and the well being of people whom we care about...and situations where endless considerations have to be balanced are plenty and decisions are difficult. Yes, we should think long and hard before we act. But what meaning is there if we live in constant worry and regret? Lives change in the blink of an eye. So in the end it comes to what I've always been trying to tell myself: LIFE IS SHORT, DON'T LOOK BACK.

Life viewed as one long quest for happiness sounds empty. But is that so far from the truth?