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In an article entitled, “What I would have done differently: Billy Graham’s regrets, in his own words,” Collin Hansen reports that Graham said, “I did not spend enough time with my family when they were growing up. You cannot recapture those years.” —Jim L. Wilson Christianity Today, April 2018, 95 Psalm…

Trulia, a real estate listing site conducted a survey of home owners. They discovered that 44 percent of Americans have regrets about buying their current homes. The most common source of regret was not choosing the right home size. A wise person will research and think very long about a financial decision…

Joe Scheidler, the founder of the Pro-Life Action League, said, “Truth is truth and it always will be true. Life begins at the moment of fertilization. That’s biologically sound. Whether you believe that or not depends a lot on your own wishes. The mind is not happy with a lie. Ninety-some percent of…

In November 2016, officials disqualified Liana Blomgren, an athlete running the final race of her high school career, for helping a fellow athlete cross the finish line. As she neared the end of the race, Blomgren noticed Gracie Bucher, struggling to reach the finish line. Despite attempting to make…

Singer, Chrissie Hynde, enjoyed the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll existence. She spent some of her early years on top of the music polls with the Pretenders. She lived the wild lifestyle with other rockers. When asked if she would do it all again she replied, “Definitely not.” She said, “I would get rid of…

Don’t live your life full of regret. Often we think the past is painted by regret, the present is haunted by regret, and the future is limited by regret. Even people we would never suspect, find their life overshadowed by regret. At 93 years old, Betty White has worked alongside comedic stars like Mary…

Kermit Goswell is the late-term abortionist who was convicted of murder and is in prison in Pennsylvania. He was convicted of killing babies who were born alive after an attempted abortion. Far from repentance, Goswell is writing abortion-inspired poems. When asked about his crimes he responds, “I feel…

Gregg Allman told a lie. He can’t quit thinking about it even though it slipped his lips in 1971. His brother Duane asked Gregg, “Did you steal my coke?” He wasn’t talking about a soda. Gregg had snuck into Duane’s house and snorted a half a gram of the illegal substance but he told his brother he didn’t…

An online survey of new parents has found that more than half say they regret the name the gave their child afterward. The survey found that from 1,000 respondents 54 percent said they wished they have given their child a different name. 26 percent of the parents said the name they selected had become…

GUILT Bernard Madoff is the former Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange and the admitted operator of the Ponzi scheme that might be "the largest investment fraud in Wall Street history." In March 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 felonies and admitted to turning his wealth management business into a…

PRESENCE Pastor Walter Hoye went to jail in April 2009 for standing too close to an Oakland, California abortion clinic during a protest. The prosecutor gave Hoye the choice of accepting a stay-away order or two years in jail. Hoye refused the offer and the judge sentenced him to 30 days in jail. Hoye…

REGRET In his book, Go the Distance, Ed Rowell says, "There are two types of pain in life - the pain of self-discipline, which is always eased by accomplishment, and the pain of regret, which aches within us until we die." —Go the Distance, p 74 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson For more information on Go…

Building Memories Deciding to buy her grandmother's 18-foot trailer was the easy decision, but knowing what to do next was the problem. When Susan's Grandmother died, her Grandfather wanted to get rid of their camping trailer, the price was within our means, so we bought it. Oh, it is nothing fancy,…