I realized that regret could be healed
As God’s spiritual offspring, we can claim only our present: the reality of God, Spirit, and His spiritual universe.
My father, uncles , and grandfather had all attended an Ivy League university, and it was expected that I would follow suit. In fact, as a toddler, I wore a bib embroidered with the name of that school. Throughout my childhood, I was repeatedly told that I was going to be an Ivy Leaguer. Ultimately, however, my high school grades were not good enough for acceptance into that school, and I was devastated. My parents were obviously disappointed, and I felt I had let them down.
I went to a different college—where I maintained a couldn’t-care-less attitude, was frequently drunk, took drugs, failed several courses, and barely graduated with a very low grade point average. Afterward, I was unable to find employment and moved in with my parents. I continued to feel a crippling sense of regret that I had failed to make it to the Ivy League.
It was at this point, in the midst of despair, that I turned back to studying Christian Science, which I had left behind during my college days. In my study, I soon discovered that the regret I had felt for so long could be healed. What a wonderful discovery!
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