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ENERGIZING THOUGHTS David Bopp
Lake View Healthcare Community

The Long Frigid Season of Regret
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& PT Evening shift CNA
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EGRET: TO FEEL SAD OR many will not come again for 25 years
sorry about something that you or more without spending an arm and
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did or did not do.
typically a leg. Call us and ind out more.
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came sooner and so too the high heat- to live with regrets about your comfort
ing costs. Whiling away these long dark or utility costs.
nights I ind my thoughts wandering two Winter nights also provide plenty of WE
directions; things I would like to do and time to feel uncomfortable in your home. OFFER COMPETI
TIVE PAY & REW
things I wished I had done or done dif- When you can’t aford to stay in a place ARDING BENEF
ferently. Regrets and mistakes. They are due to the heating costs or are always ITS!
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inextricably intertwined. Wisdom and uncomfortable, regrets seem to pop up
regrets are also intertwined and in life like dandelions. I implore you, don’t live
wisdom is gained from relecting on your like this. Spend a little more time before
regrets and mistakes.
buying, renting, remodeling or build-
Learn from your mistakes and don’t ing to get all the facts. Of course, keep in
do it again. Even better, learn from oth- mind who is giving you those facts.

er’s mistakes. While working with our What can you do to prevent buyer’s/
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We have no real idea how much it is going and we will try to help.
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David Bopp is energy services representative with Flathead Electric Co-op.

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