This morning when I woke I realised I was still feeling a bit sorry that we hadn't taken our planned route yesterday via Wiseman's ferry. That was they way we'd thought to go and the host where we are staying told us how wonderful it was. And yet there'd been good reasons for being persuaded to take another route. It seemed logical perhaps but turned out to be one we were uncertain of. We stopped several times to check and were a bit anxious about it all. Part of it involved an uphill road through the mountains which was so circuitous that the hairpin bends had a recommended speed of 5 km. Hairpins? Hair raising. Then we hit the motorway with heaps of traffic and were so glad when we finally arrived in the right place. It took ages and I felt frazzled (and I wasn't even driving.)
SO I felt some regret about it all - and did I mention I loved ferries. I could watch the Waikerie ferry go back and forth for ages seeing how many cars and whether there was ever a time when there was no car waiting and so on.
And yet... What is the point in being sorry about yesterday's trip. I did wonder about retracing our steps just to see, but life isn't like that. Decisions are made and we need to travel on. I remember wondering about whether we had made the right decision to send our oldest for schooling in Adelaide. The wise principal who offered him a place at the school counselled me to make the decision prayerfully and go forward in faith. I have often returned to that. How can we ever know whether what we decide is the best of alternatives?
And yet... I am reminded of the ancient writer Habakkuk (nobody calls their child that these days) who declared that even though his fig tree didn't flourish and there were no grapes on his vine, he would still 'rejoice in the Lord.' So today the sun in shining, the sea is sparkling, we have enjoyed the generosity of strangers (Nick gave us the loan of two bikes for sight seeing and a bloke near the beach carried my bike down the steps for me) and there is so much to be grateful for. So 'je ne regrette rien.' No regrets.
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