Useless Emotions

I took a course to manage stress

When I began to teach,

A goal which seemed impossible

And which I’ve yet to reach.

 

Yet there was just one thing I learned

Which makes a lot of sense –

Regret and worry only serve

To hurt, at our expense.

 

For worry ratchets up the nerves,

Obscuring other needs

While regret picks at a healing wound

Until it stings and bleeds.

 

Those two emotions keep us stuck

In limbo and in pain

Though by letting go, it’s obvious

There’s so much we would gain.