regrets

[DZoolander]

I have a number of different regrets - but I don't really think that's a negative thing. As has been said - it's an emotional reminder when faced with a potentially similar situation of "how not to act".

Like, when I was younger I did a few dirtbag things. I feel regret, and shame, for having done them. No, I don't obsess over it, but I like the fact that there's a visceral emotion attached to those actions which compel me to behave better and be a better person.

 

[mkgal1]

There are no choices. Nothing but a straight line. The illusion comes afterwards, when you ask "Why me?" and "What if?". When you look back and see the branches, like a pruned bonsai tree, or forked lightning. If you had done something differently, it wouldn't be you, it would be someone else looking back, asking a different set of questions.

Wait....what do you mean by "no choices"?

 

[Romanseight2005]

There are no choices. Nothing but a straight line. The illusion comes afterwards, when you ask "Why me?" and "What if?". When you look back and see the branches, like a pruned bonsai tree, or forked lightning. If you had done something differently, it wouldn't be you, it would be someone else looking back, asking a different set of questions.

Have you never made choices without all of the facts at hand? Or have you done something you would change if you could? Why does making a different choice in a particular situation make you an entirely different person?