One of my favorite poems from childhood is by John
Greenleaf Whittier is an excerpt from "Maud Muller" The Saddest Words.

…of all sad words of tongue or pen,

The saddest are these: “It might have been!”

I’m sure you have had some moment of regret in your life.
You look back at a situation and wonder how you could have done it better,
differently, or perhaps you shouldn’t have done it all. Then you utter these
words to yourself.

Well, I have those same feelings every time an ice cream
truck comes into my neighborhood. I can hear the music from miles away. As the
truck gets closer, and the little jingle gets louder, my mouth starts to water,
and then the truck is turning the corner onto my street. The saddest thing, I
usually never have a dollar nearby, and am forced to watch the ice cream truck
go by.

Yet, I’m saved by not adding the calories, or fat, to my
diet by not having that delicious ice cream. So, there really is a silver
lining behind every cloud!

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