“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
—- H.Jackson Browne’s mother
Image: Sunset Sailing by Kenneth Garcia via Flickr.
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too. Read More
Love this quote. It is so true I can look back and now regret some of the things I didn’t do in my twenties and trying to teach my kids to “go for it”.
I am glad the quote resonated with you. Thanks for letting me know.
Great quote! Xo
Thanks, Ayala!
Ah yes, when we step boldly, bravely and joyfully into our full being and really live? Not just exist? These are, indeed, the moments we don’t regret.
Yes, Barbara, there is a palpable distinction between merely existing and living.