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| I hate when people are asked if they regret anything and their response is always, “no, everything I’ve done or experienced made me the person I am today. I wouldn’t redo or take back anything.” See, I think that this is a bullshit answer. I don’t think we are defined by one outcome or one circumstance; it’s a whole culmination of decisions and experiences. But, there are plenty of things I regret, or if I had the chance to I would do over. Some of them are little things and some of them are big things. Some are just a word here or there, the change of a conversation, and sometimes I wish to change completely heart crushing moments. We all live with regrets, or at least we will. I have plenty and I’m positive I will amass more in my lifetime. My biggest criticism of the no regrets philosophy is the scary way it dispenses with the idea of learning from our mistakes. We regret something when we eventually learn that there are better ways to attain or deal with things. I don’t think having regret about one particular thing means you regret every decision you’ve ever made or the life you’re living and the person you are because of those decisions. I do believe that regret can be a terrible thing to have and living with it can be excruciating. There is absolutely no doubt about it. But it’s there for a reason; it’s there so you don’t make the same mistakes. It’s about understanding the importance of opportunities and people and the permanence of decisions. Some claim they have no regrets, and maybe they really don’t. But, maybe they just can’t be honest with themselves about things they have lost. | | Tags: fleet foxes |
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