What will you never regret?

They say you regret the things you never did more than the things you did and I think that is SO true. I look back and I can see all of the dumb conversations I've had, because I let my tongue get too far ahead of my brain and I can see me screaming at the top of my lungs on a crowded main street during midway, but I don't regret it. I get embarrassed when I think about certain things, but I don't regret them. I regret not saying things or NOT screaming at the top of my lungs on crowded streets.

I just know that I will never regret DOING something. I don't regret stepping out of my introverted shell to talk to people or to make appointments or to pay things or to help people out. I feel awkward and a little silly, but after it's all said and done I feel so much better.

Lately, I've been laughing at the top of my lungs when people say something funny. I have the dumbest laugh and I sound so much like my sister. I hate my laugh, but I think I'd regret always stifling it. I can't believe I've been so quiet for so long. That's what I regret. For being so quiet through my days when I could have been having fun with my classmates.

I had to do a project with this boy that I don't talk to on a regular basis. I was happy that I got a boy that would DO something and not just sit there, but we didn't really have a good communication established. After the project, which we both researched and highlighted and added things in, he came up to me and started talking to me about it. I was smiling and nodding and saying how good we worked together and he was agreeing and laughing. If I had just nodded and went back to reading, I would have run that through my head a million times and chastised myself. But I got into the conversation. It was a little awkward, since we aren't the best of friends, but it was good and it went well. I don't regret talking to him. I don't regret finally being myself around him, if only just a little bit.

I say everyone should do that. If you're cripplingly shy, like myself, I say you should try to go out of your way to talk to someone new. Or do something. I can barely make doctor's appointments by myself so if you have trouble with that, go for it. Make an appointment. Smile at someone new in the hallway. Talk to a teacher! Be more you to the people that don't get to see that. I guarantee you won't regret it!