0164: Midweek Debrief – Do Not Regret What You Have Done

Podcast Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donavon-riley/episodes/0164-Midweek-Debrief—Do-Not-Regret-What-You-Have-Done-e27djn8

It’s natural to have regrets, but this does not mean that you should live in a state of regret.

Many people say that you shouldn’t regret anything, but I think what they mean is that they don’t regret how things have turned out even if they had to go through some difficulty and hardship to get there. So we do not regret the outcomes.

We do not regret what we have done. This is only possible if you live intentionally and accept that mistakes happen. Learning occurs through those mistakes. Learning is how improvement happens. And how could we ever regret improving our lives. – Miyamoto Musashi, Dokkōdō

Dokkōdō Link: https://edlatimore.com/dokkodo/

0141: Midweek Debrief – The Spirit of Bushido

Podcast Link: https://anchor.fm/donavon-riley/episodes/0141-Midweek-Debrief—The-Spirit-of-Bushido-e1uasjg

“Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us; and if it assumes no tangible shape or form, it not the less scents the moral atmosphere, and makes us aware that we are still under its potent spell. The conditions of society which brought it forth and nourished it have long disappeared; but as those far-off stars which once were and are not, still continue to shed their rays upon us, so the light of chivalry, which was a child of feudalism, still illuminates our moral path, surviving its mother institution.” 
― Inazo Nitobe, Bushido: The Soul of Japan