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Sunday, May 04, 2008

Don't live for regret...

Regret is an intelligent (and/or emotiona) dislike for personal past acts and behaviors. Regret is often felt when someone feels sadness, shame, embarrassment or guilt after committing an action or actions that the person later wishes that he or she had not done. Regret is distinct from guilt, which is a deeply emotional form of regret — one which may be difficult to comprehend in an objective or conceptual way. In this regard, the concept of regret is subordinate to guilt in terms of its "emotional power." By comparison, shame typically refers to the social (rather than personal) aspect of guilt or (in minor context) regret as imposed by the society or culture (enforcement of ethics, morality), which has substantial bearing in matters of (personal and social) honor.

Regret can describe not only the dislike for an action that has been committed, but also, importantly, regret of inaction. Many people find themselves wishing that they had done something in a past situation, or had not done something for that matter. Don't live your life in regret.. if you have one thought of regret, you have alreay lived one too many days with regret! Do it, mean it, and forget about it...

I regret nothing. Neither the good done to me, nor the bad; to me, they’re all the same.
It’s all paid for, swept away, forgotten; I don’t care about the past. With my memories,
I’ve lit a fire. My sorrows, my pleasures, I need them no more. Swept away are my loves,
and all their tremors. Swept away forever. I start from scratch. I regret nothing.
Because my life, because my joys, today, begins with me....
I am me... because I regret nothing!

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