Sunk Costs

"Life's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." simple words of truth, one never knows what life will give to her. She can make plans and pay fees, but in the end, some other input has at least some control and sometimes makes those plans go "poof" (though the costs rarely do). Even so, as any economist knows, sunk costs are irrelevant. One can only decide what he or she will do in the future and he or she should forget what he or she paid in the past. Milk spills, all well. As disappointing as somethings are, life goes on and the best one can do is prepare to make the future the best it can be. Regret serves one rational and good purpose: to keep one from making the same mistake. Whether its losing a night of sleep, feeling sick on the night of an expensive show, buying a nick-knack that gathers dust will all it's friends, committing a sin, or being wronged, one must move forward because there's no room for redemption in the past. Now is the time to make the best use of all that is available; now is the time to repent and leave the sin in the past. Man's best laid plans go astray, it happens sometimes, deal with it and grow from it. There is joy in the journey, one only has to look a little closer to find it.