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“We tend to regret the things we didn’t try more than those we did – even when we fail.”


I chose this phrase to comment about because I think that what it says is very important and useful for our daily life.


People have the tendency to be afraid of new experiences, maybe because they don’t know how they are going to feel like after them. Unfortunately, many prefer not to try anything new, just not to have to deal with another possible problem or difficult circumstance.

But what this folks don’t know is that, when they don’t do something just to avoid its consequently probable difficulty, they are prevailing themselves to enjoy thousands of new feelings and experiences.

It’s true that sometimes you can fail in your objectives, but if you never try you’ll never know.

Perhaps, you are fearful of doing something new, because if you do it wrong you’ll be punished. Frequently, the first time we do things, we don’t obtain the results we want. But if you do it a second or a third time, you will have seen which were your errors the previous times and try to avoid them, so that your work ends right. Because we learn from our mistakes “we never encounter the same stone.”

Another disadvantage is that if you always follow the traditions, i.e. if you do each day the same things, life would be very unexciting and boring. As we live only once, we have to take advantage of the time we are given. This reminds me another slogan, “Never leave for tomorrow what you can do today.”


Another phrase from the text, connected to the previous idea, is “Temporary slips are crucial to eventual success.”

Mistakes are very important because they make us see in what we are wrong, and by knowing this we can correct our errors and do things right.

For example, I prefer teachers to correct my mistakes instead of avoiding them. If they don’t point me out which were my mistakes, I will never learn. And I will think I did things well, when that’s not true. Maybe I pass one exam, but it is useless to be incorrect in life. It is better to accept a reproach than being an ignorant.

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COLDPLAY - FIX YOU


When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep

Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
COULD IT BE WORSE?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you.