Well, son, it was shortly afterward that my paper slipped from my hands and a terrible sickening fear came over me. What has habit been doing to me? The habit of finding fault, of reprimanding — this was my reward to you for being a boy. It was not that I did not love you; it was that I expected too much of youth. I was measuring you by the yardstick of my own years.

Regardless of gender or circumstance, the seeds (thoughts, words, actions) we plant determine the harvest we experience in life. We are responsible for sowing and nurturing the right seeds, understanding that what we plant will eventually grow, whether good or bad, according to God’s principle of seedtime and harvest.

I recently had a conversation with one of my ex-professors. I asked him one simple question. Do you have any regrets in life?