We often give way to vain regrets and think we would be happier if we had a different choice. We might say, "If I had married someone else" or "If I had followed some other line of work, how much better off I would be." It is better not to be an "iffer." It is folly to spend time in vain regrets. We must do our best with what we have.

Thoughts by the late Rev. Paul Osumi are selected weekly by his family.