How can you "regret", when you can't "gret" in the first case?
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ETYMOLOGY: Middle English regretten, to lament, from Old French regreter : re-, re- + -greter, to weep (perhaps of Germanic origin). \n\nso it is to cry after something that happened before, that is why you can actually re- gret
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Well, something like that happened to me yours ago. Foolish me, did nothing about it, much to my eternal regret.  Of course it's your call, but perhaps you will enjoy and cherish the experience.
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it's better to regret something you've done..then to regret something you haven't done...\n\ndo you want to say "what if" all your life!!!!
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sometimes u just have to be straight forward........ dont let a chance slip by you ...........i did one time and regretted it
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practice so that you may come near perfection as much as u can. when you have tried something at least you will be satisfied that you did try. there will not be regrets like "may be if i had done a littlt more......".
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You either make a decision to forget or to hold a grudge forever. She did those things in the past, and I assume has apologized and made up for it... so now the ball is in your court and it is up to you to forgive or to not forgive. You need to make a decision soon though, otherwise you'll just be in this bad-feeling state of mind. The choice to forgive is always the better one too, but I'm sure you know that.\n\nNow, how do you forgive her? You try to understand it and realize that it was in the past and that people change and make mistakes and you accept it and forgive it.
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There's no "political sin" and nothing to be forgiven. If you 've been saying what you feel to be true, where is the fault? I will never apologize for my opinions or emotions because then I would only be a liar to both myself and the people I've compromised for. If you feel like you're going the wrong direction, just change it. Don't dwell on past actions with regret because ultimately they bring you to the point you want to be at (if you're lucky enough to find that point), and there's really no other way to get there.
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WAKE UP GIRL!!  Do you know how rare a find he is?!!?  \n1. Don't change a thing!  That is assuming you give one ounce of care about your future. Or your future spouse for that matter. Just what will you tell them, "it didn't really mean anything," "I really can be faithful to you"\n\n2. BIG MISTAKES start out with very very small compromises.  An alcoholic doesn't start out addicted, he starts by watching others, then thinking about it, then just one taste, ect, ect. \n\n3. Wake up and realize it now and save yourself the  agony of regretting it later. I know it's hard to imagine yourself grown up, look around you, it IS going to happen and you will never, NEVER be able to come back and rewrite it.  I promise you, you will never regret it, and that's one thing you don't ever want to have to live with regretting . . .
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i believe u make a mistake/error ... try to do it again
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Sometimes our decisions are wrong and we have to pay for those mistakes. You have hurt several people, perhaps because you did not consider the magnitude of your action. Take some time to think about how they feel now and how you can fix the situation. I know you feel bad, but you are not stupid. Try to learn from your mistakes and value your life and happiness. If you give love and respect to others, you will receive love and respect double or tipple than you did. Good luck!
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Excuse me, WAITER?  \n\nYes.  But I know I cannot change anything like that. I do look back way on down the road and think, "Gosh, I could have handled that differently."  Sad part is, we usually don't reflect until years later about bad decisions and where we might have ended up if other choices had been made.  I never regret anything I have done until I realize that I could have made a better choice.
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One day at a time. I know it hurts, but you cant allow yourself to stop living. you have to look at it like this: everyone is on borrow time, their time was/is up. they had no regrets, so neither should you.
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Look for something you would be willing to do. You would have a hard time doing something you hate for the rest of your life. I'm curious to find out why you can't do what you love though.
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It would forever bother me not to try something new and even later on fail, which I could overcome and accept, than not to have tried at all.\n\nIt can be the greatest sin of all. The sin of regret.
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Well, I can understand your feeling, but you don't have to be paralyzed by regret.  Even the worst events in life can be turned into positives depending on what you've gleaned from it all.   \n\nYou can't undo the past, so the best thing to do is ask yourself what you can do *today* to be a better person.  What can you do today that will cultivate a sense of purpose in your life?  What gives you joy and satisfaction?  Do those things and you'll eventually forget that you spent a lot of time in useless pursuit.  \n\nAnd here's something else to think about:  the experiences you've had in your life (all that partying brought into your life) don't have to go to waste.  Think about what you've learned as a result of how you've lived.  Use that to help someone else make wiser choices.
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This might sound really stupid, but I used to and still do a little feel the way you do. When I was seeking help about it, I was told to write my little disappointments or things I regretted on some paper, wad up the paper, and throw it away. It's like I needed that visual to realize that the past is the past, there isn't anything I can do about it except maybe learn from it and do better next time around. What good it is doing you just sitting around nursing these things ya know? Make up for it however you can.
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Every single person you see who passes you in the street has made mistakes, not one of us are exempt from making mistakes, that is because we are human beings.  We do what we do for various reasons...could be the crowd we hang around with...peer pressure.....it could be because we are hurt and want revenge...it could be for a lot of reasons.  But we all grow up, we all learn about sociably acceptable behaviour and that only comes with experience and time.  If we didnt make mistakes, we would be pretty boring people because it is only when we make mistakes do we trully learn who we are.  What has happened in the past had to happen, simply because it did, you cant go back, you cant change it, but you can certainly change the future.  You can choose not to make those kind of mistakes ever again.  Forgiveness is pretty easy if you have a logical mind.  If you can think that the mistakes you made were because of a particular situation in your life, and you did what you did because that was your frame of mind at the time, then you will be able to forgive yourself.  You are not that person any more....that was the old you.  Sometimes I look back on my past and think to myself...."that wasnt me"...and it wasnt.  I am the me I am now,  the me who made all those mistakes and it is those mistakes that has moulded me into the nice person I am today.\n\nIf you dont learn by your mistakes then you wont grow.  You know they are mistakes, so you have learnt and you will become stronger for it.  You need to put your mistakes where they belong,  they were mistakes of the past, so keep them in the past.  Your future is where the positive stuff lay.  Guilt is such a wasted emotion because the only thing it does is make you feel bad, it doesnt change anything...it cant change what has happened...so think logically about it...you cant change it, so what is the good about beating yourself up over it.  Use the energy you have with guilt and put it to more constructive use.  Move forward, do things that make you feel good about yourself, maybe go and do some voluteer work.  Start thinking good things, start doing good things and you will find out the mistakes of your past gives you the knowledge you have today.  You could use that knowledge for good.  You may be in a position where your mistakes could help some person in the future because you have been there, done that.  Use your mistakes to your advantage....learn from them.  You can do it.  We all make mistakes,  it is something we have all suffered from at some time.  The reason I know you are a decent and wonderful person is because you feel bad about your mistakes....that shows you have a conscience, therefore you cannot be a bad person because bad people dont have a conscience.  Move on...go on to achieve wonderful things and you will have your mistakes to thank for your success.