One of the saddest
phrases in English is probably, “If only…”
That is what Cardinal Wolsey said when he fell from the grace of King Henry the eighth:
“But if I had served God as diligently as I have done the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.”
Since ‘If only…’ phrase generally implies regret for a mistake done, it is also very important that we move on after learning something from the mistake.
There are very few indeed- if at all- who can claim genuinely that they have never erred.
The saddest stories are scripted for those who cling to the nonredeemable past and refuse to look ahead.
That is what Cardinal Wolsey said when he fell from the grace of King Henry the eighth:
“But if I had served God as diligently as I have done the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.”
Since ‘If only…’ phrase generally implies regret for a mistake done, it is also very important that we move on after learning something from the mistake.
There are very few indeed- if at all- who can claim genuinely that they have never erred.
The saddest stories are scripted for those who cling to the nonredeemable past and refuse to look ahead.