Anyone feel they made major life mistakes that are not forgivable?

Hello dear. God has already forgiven you. Gods is good, always. From experience, it is harder to forgive oneself. You need to know that you did the best you could with what you had at the time.

@kjoed53 over the years, info about diet and bigger choices now available…..boomers grew up when processed -convenient foods were popular and widely available…times have changed and much more diet info out there. Some have kept the older habits and some have adapted to changes, no judgements here, up to each person… but i do love more variety, especially veggies and fruits readily available from farmers’ markets. In nyc, there are produce street vendors, less expensive.

@nycmusic
I learned to not only eat but to enjoy vegetables as an adult. I've also lived long enough to see artificial sweeteners go from the savior of millions to become the new threat to our health. I believe that processed foods are not good for us, but I don't believe that eggs, coffee, butter, whole milk, red meat, sugar, bread and the occasional processed foods are the pariah that everyone makes them out to be. So much of our health is related to genetics. I have cardiac reactions to all non sugar sweeteners, both natural and artificial that I have tried, until now I refuse to try any more. It is only 20-50 years later that we can judge any of the new trends in diet and food products. Our bodies are much more complex than anyone understands and our dietary needs change constantly with age. The best we can do is try to balance our nutrition based on what we like and what makes us feel healthy, and limit what we know is not good for us. Who knows, 20 years from now they may figure out that all the veggies that we're eating are full of chemicals and micro plastics and that even the organic label is not the reliable option we all thought it was. Maybe not, but no one knows for sure.

kjoed53. Wonderful post, really well said…genetics definitely a big factor in health, in ways few of us really know….i like to see food and eating in a positive enjoyable way, not crazy bad or only as medicine…simple is my best way, full of fresh and colorful things…and adapting to changing needs…( and for many of us, the occasional treat is important. )

@doclarrea Amen

Much earlier in this thread of chat there are comments which are helpful.
Mine was Carl Jung: There are no unforgivable "mistakes" in life. It's all Anschlag - attack. You guess. You you try. You learn. You take your best shot. How could you know in advance how it was going to turn out? Monday morning quarterbacking? It's not failure. It's life. At some point, what has always been Reality breaks through and destroys our fantasies. It's painful, but in a way, a gift saying come down to Earth. As Daniel says in Defending Your Life, "I did the best I could."
Introduction to Room With a View, Ashley Montague says, "Life is your violin solo performance at Carnegie Hall, and the first time you get the violin is when you walk out on stage."
If you condemn yourself, there isn't enough Forgiveness to make it ok. Alan Watts says NO ONE gets a leg up on the Universe.
Please have fun , and don't live out the rest in regret. You did the best you could. Hugs🫂

@shmerdloff

Beautifully put.

@nycmusic This approach "...simple is my best way, full of fresh and colorful things.." is not a new idea! My grandma taught us about 70 years ago "The more colors on the plate, the healthier the meal."
For many years I had a poster clipped from "The Mother Earth News" magazine of the 1969 "Food Pyramid" and one of the captions was about making a colorful plate.
When I watched the dieticians in the kitchen at the Gladys Porter Zoo (Brownsville Texas) preparing food for each different, they stressed a variety of colors - both for the varied nutrient content AND sensory appeal.

And just this week, this article has hit the news feeds like it is a brand new idea:
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/tiktok-3-color-rule-weight-loss

If you spend your whole life afraid of making mistakes, you'll never experience success. That is the biggest mistake you can make.

Hi
There isn't ONE Person in the whole WORLD that hasn't made a BIG mistake.
If we didn't learn from it and move forward this world would be completely empty.