I Could Have Done More
by Michael Feeley
That thought will find you.
In the quiet moments after a project is finished. At the end of a relationship. Sitting with a conversation you wish had gone differently. Standing at the edge of something you gave everything to.
Maybe you could have done more. Maybe that’s true. But here is a question that can change everything — what are you going to do with that feeling? Because it’s a choice. A real one. And most people don’t realize they’re making it.
You can take “I could have done more” and use it as a weapon. Swing it backwards at everything you built, everything you gave. Watch it erase your effort. Watch it silence your gratitude before gratitude even has a chance to speak.
Or you can hold it differently.
You can say — I showed up. I worked. I cared. And because I cared, I can see where I will keep growing. That feeling isn’t an indictment. It’s information. It’s honest regret. It’s the voice of someone who still has something to give.
The student says: What did I learn?
The self-punisher says: Look how I failed.
Same feeling. Two completely different lives lived from it.
Gratitude and growth are not enemies. Being proud of what you produced does not mean you’ve stopped wanting to do better. In fact, it’s the foundation for doing better.
You did something. Honor that.
Then go.
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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