” No one will bring back the years; no one will restore you to yourself. Life will follow the path it began to take, and will neither reverse nor check its course. It will cause no commotion to remind you of its swiftness, but glide on quietly. It will not lengthen itself for a king’s command or a people’s favor. As it started out on its first day, so it will run on, nowhere pausing or turning aside. What will be the outcome? You have been preoccupied while life hastens on. Meanwhile death will arrive, and you have no choice in making yourself available for that”. (Seneca)

Thus, we must enjoy life and live it to the full. Regrets are pointless, but, speaking for myself I am slightly wistful about my failure (entirely my own responsibility) to explore my own capabilities early on in life. I was well into adulthood before I discovered musical composition, rhymed verse, drawing, singing, acting and painting, to name a few. No, I doubt my ability to have made successful careers out of any of them, but I do wish I had been properly trained when I had the leisure, the time, snd the habit of learning one has in youth. In the unlikely event of being asked for advice by a young person, I would definitely press them to try everything, if only once, to find out where their talents lie. People think far too much about money, snd too little about self-fulfillment and self-exploration.