- …..an opportunity was there for me, but like all stupid ignoramuses I mistook it for a problem instead and instinctively fled the scene in a panic without acting. But akin to virtually every opportunity that manifests, this chance was present for only an instant before disappearing with all the grandiosity of a ghost, and I was then left to live with eternal regrets of what might have been had I only possessed the courage and intuition to recognize lopsided rewards in a reasonable period of time and thereupon marshalled the courage necessary to confront a highly fluid situation head-on and forcefully. But that didn’t happen. Nothing remotely close to that. I did not act decisively during the pivotal moment, thus I am now left holding an empty bag while I trudge away from the scene of the “crime” pushing a wheelbarrow loaded chockfull of regrets, remorse, and ruefulness, even as some other lucky fool (Luck?!?! Hell, no, luck had nothing to do with the outcome!!!) runs off grinning fiendishly with his jumbo-sized bag overflowing…..
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