Since life does not have a rewind button, one of the most significant challenges that we face in the process of living is putting regrets behind us. Life does not provide a dress rehearsal for the real thing. The life we are now living is the only one that we will ever have on earth. Although time tends to heal our wounds, and broken hearts do indeed mend, the sting from hurts eventually fade and the pain of misery ultimately subsides. Still, most of us hanker from time to time for the power to change the past.
Regrets are a common emotion that is generally unwelcome.
Few of us are immune from the heart rendering anger and frustration that stems from the nagging of bygones that will not go away. I, for one, am a master at the art of emotionally beating up on myself for what I should have done. There was a time when I could not forgive myself for not completing a goal. The obsession was so great that I could not be in the company of others who had attained their goals. Now, I have allowed my regrets to propel me to achieve the things that I had hoped to gain, instead of haunting me.