Today's sermon at church hit a chord with me today.  It was about very bad decisions.  My last tattoo is based on good versus bad choices in life. The Barneget Lighthouse represents the good, safe choices and the mermaid the risky, not so good choices we make in life. 

Dealing with kids on a daily basis, I remind my students/athletes about the choices they make on a daily basis.  I constantly have to remind them to be careful in their choices on who they are hanging with, the things they are doing, and the consequences of those choices.

People don't realize the choices they make and the impact it has on others. Too many times they are caught up in the moment and don't realize the damage it can do in the long run. I've seen good friendships and relationships ruined by poor choices. I've seen some stay together but they are usually very strained and nothing like they used to be.

I think back to some of my choices in life and realize I was very lucky in some of the choices I made. There were too many times I chose to go with the mermaid rather than head toward the lighthouse. Yes, I have several regrets about some of the choices I've made in my life and wish that I could go back and change a few of them. It;s something I ahve to live with.