Do you have regrets?
A friend said to me -"You only ever regret what you are too scared to try"
I had to think about this being fairly sure I have done a lot of things in my life I regretted.
Said the wrong thing and upset someone.
Made a mistake and realised it will be discovered before it can be corrected.
Been in company where someone was silly with to much alcohol and thought - they will regret this tomorrow.
Many, many examples.....
But, you know what? Yes you do regret them for maybe a day or a week. Because you have to face up to and answer to them almost immediately you forget them. In a years time if you even remember them it has just added to life experience.
The real regrets are in the heart. Things you were too scared to do. Things you put of for so long that they became habit not to think about.
Putting off haveing kids when you are young. Can't afford them. And, as you reach 40 find it is not so easy to change.
Scared of changing your job. It is not good but the thought of not having an income for a few months is scary.
Not having time for your grandparents when you are young and busy. Then they die and as you get older discover so many questions you would like answered.
Have you ever felt like this?
Comments (14)
The young have no regrets - are you over 21?
And, sometimes like me too busy working and liveing very little time for reflection.
Something that they have/had failed at.
Something that we wish we hadn't done or said.
Sure I have some regrets but there are too many for me to list.
Way to go girl
You may suffer for trying. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. But I think you would regret a long time for not having tried.
So you don't think the real regrets are something you put off or were scared to try?
Aside from small petty regrets like hurting others feelings with my craziness and carelessness with words...I have no real big regrets in life...not even my divorce...I am who I am today because of every small and big things that happened in my life...both good or bad are accounted for and appreciated I put a lot of thoughts and feelings in every decisions I take...win or loss, I will never regret...simply learn from it and make the most out of it.
No sense in crying over spilled milk...
So you are lucky in mind and spirit. A person who "does" things rather than too scared to try.
Divorce was the right thing for me. But, I have know people who put it off "till the kids leave school" Bad mistake
That is definately something that the whole family could regret.
Are you sure you did not want it to to work out this way? If I thought this was a possible outcome and I loved my partner no way would I have accepted this job.
I tell my friend what I need write. Translate Thai / English not good. I write in Thai and they translate English. When it come to comments I manage if they leave. My English improve every day when I chat. I was told English have 80,000 words - Thai have 30,000 so it not easy for me.