Question
39: "Yesterday,
I spend the day having regrets about my past. I regretted giving up
a boyfriend I loved, a job I liked, even shifting my major when I was
in college. By the end of the day I was miserable. Regret seems like
such a trap, but I fall into it without thinking. Do you think regret
has any value?"
Kiro:
Regret can be helpful if used in right way.
It can hurt if used in wrong way.
Regret can be helpful if you learn what you did wrong
and avoid making mistake again.
If you wallow in regret without learning from it,
it will make you miserable without good benefits.
Most people suffer from regret rather than learn from it.
They love to dwell on past wishing it was different.
This is futile effort because no one can change
what is already gone.
If you regret things in your past without learning
from them, you are wasting your time.
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