Regret and The Yardstick

I have been fascinated for some time in the unpacking of our not so pleasant emotions. Getting our issues out of our tissues so to speak.

One of my tag lines is that our emotional unpacking can lead to our souls unfolding. This has been my experience. For sure.

Without getting into the nitty gritty. I have some regret from my younger years stored in my body. It goes deep.
Last week I had an experience that triggered regret.

It was Big.

I thought about its power-and the power I gave it. Or should I say surrendered to it. Unconsciously obviously.
For some reason the image of the yardstick came up.I thought about all the tiny grooves of micro measurements.

I get to choose.

I am the executive controller here.

So. I thought logically about this looming emotion. Without ignoring it, or sending it away prematurely, I could allow it a quarter of an inch, or an inch of space. Giving Regret the entire yard stick is not appropriate. Nor is it helpful. It turns the yardstick into a self flagellating weapon. Very destructive. A weapon of my own internal destruction. 

So now….My regret or grief or disappointment is given an inch on the yardstick.Enough to inform, not deform me.