“Abena,” he asked, “what would you have done differently if you knew the plants would die?” She thought about this for a moment, wiped her nose with the back of her hand, and answered, “I would have brought more water.” Her father nodded. “Then next time bring more water, but don’t cry for this time. There should be no room in your life for regret. If in the moment of doing you felt clarity, you felt certainty, then why feel regret later?”
