{"id":2129,"date":"2011-04-15T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/living-with-no-regrets\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T09:59:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T15:59:09","slug":"living-with-no-regrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=2129","title":{"rendered":"Living With No Regrets!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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That\u2019s my new motto! In the last year, I\u2019ve come to realize how important it is to live each day to its fullest \u2013 on purpose \u2013 making the most of the moments, the hours and the days that God gives me!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all made statements like, \u201cI wish had done this or I wish I had done that\u201d or \u201cI wish I had NOT done this or\u2026. that\u201d\u2026..after the fact! It\u2019s the season of Lent, and during this time, we do a lot of introspection and self- evaluation of what we could be doing better with our lives, and, in fact, what could be purged from our lives that really doesn\u2019t make us better. In other words, why not \u201clive with no regrets\u201d?<\/p>\n

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My daughter, Vice President of Corporate Training for a company in Dallas, has a beautiful office in the company headquarters, thanks to the grandiose ideas she conveyed to me, and then the two of us set out on a mission to accomplish that vision. We decorated that office \u201con purpose\u201d \u2013 the color scheme that was selected was \u201ccaliente red\u201d. She wanted the environment to be conducive to energy and excitement. Placement of the furniture was extremely important, as she wanted employees and visitors to feel welcomed and relaxed. And, the pictures and accessories were carefully selected in order to generate conversation, as well as for letting everyone know what really is important to her. One specific wall was for family photos, above which are the words: \u201cEvery Day Holds a Possibility For a Miracle\u201d; on another wall was a huge marker board for her to use for training and\/or idea generation, and then there\u2019s two areas where she wanted to memorialize and honor her Dad.<\/p>\n

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Just two days after my Honey\u2019s homegoing celebration and memorial service, over 35 of our family and friends ran\/walked the 5K, or the half or the full Route 66 Marathon. In honor of that occasion, we mounted on another wall a photo of Ron, a Route 66 plaque with the photo of our group and the Tulsa World newspaper clipping. That marathon was an \u201con-purpose\u201d feat for us \u2013 since my Honey, who was paralyzed from the waist down, in his last month of life, couldn\u2019t run, we were going to do what we could do \u2013 and we accomplished the \u201cRun for Ron\u201d, which raised thousands of dollars which so blessed us and enabled us to take care of a lot of medical expenses. That wall is a precious reminder of so much love that went out from our friends and family. <\/p>\n

So when we were looking for the final accessory and motivation statement for the entire room\/office, we just happened to come across a World War II airplane picture with the words on it, \u201cLive With No Regrets\u201d! It was just what we were looking for \u2013 the final \u201cexclamation point\u201d on the room\/office. And, since then, I\u2019ve adopted that to be the exclamation point for my life as well.<\/p>\n

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My son is a 26-mile Marathon Runner. Last year, he ran five marathons, and this month, again, he\u2019ll be running the highly acclaimed Boston Marathon. He has a Duke University Trainer who has methodically and strategically guided him through knee problems and other injuries to be the runner-on-purpose that he is today. It was such a tribute to our family, when his trainer, Gracie Updyke, from Raleigh, North Carolina, joined us and cheered us all on for our Route 66 Marathon last November. Being the trainer, you-can-do-anything motivator and cheerleader that she is, I received a text message from her just a few weeks after that 5K saying, \u201cAre you ready to do the half-marathon now?\u201d Mind you, the 5K was the first of its kind I\u2019ve ever done. Now, she was asking me to up-my-game and do the half-marathon! What was this girl thinking? HELLLOOOO!!! You\u2019re talking to a 62-year old grandma \u2013 not a 16-year old teenager!<\/p>\n

\u2022 Then, I looked at my cell phone wallpaper \u2013 which is a photo of my Honey giving me the thumbs up \u2013 and each time I see that photo, I hear him saying to me, \u201cYou can do this!\u201d \u2013 Check!<\/p>\n

\u2022 Next, was finding the next close-to-home marathon \u2013 it\u2019s the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon on May 1st. I committed. I registered. Check!<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gracie started me on my training and work-outs on February 14th. It started with a mere 45 minutes run\/walk , then to 2 miles, 3 miles, 4 miles, 5 miles, 8 miles and 10 miles. Tomorrow, when I get home from vacation with my family, I\u2019ll run the 12 miles. I will make it\u2026\u2026 I will continue until I finish this \u2013 not win it \u2013 finish it. I\u2019m doing this for my Honey\u2026.but I\u2019m still here\u2026.I will do it for me. I WILL Live With No Regrets! Check!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s my new motto! In the last year, I\u2019ve come to realize how important it is to live each day to its fullest \u2013 on purpose \u2013 making the most of the moments, the hours and the days that God gives me! We\u2019ve all made statements like, \u201cI wish had done this or I wish…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2251,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions\/2251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}