conquering regret
- regret is one of my greatest fears. I was haunted with it growing up, and on my mission i began not only to understand how to avoid it, but also how to deal with it a little. It's an ongoing process for sure. In the 6 weeks since i have been home i have already accumulated a reasonable amount of regret, but having read the church's counsel to not let it over whelm you, i looked to some of the bright minds of the world for a little feedback. These were some of my favorites, and i wanted to share.
- Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.
- -Victoria Holt
- Accept the pain, cherish the joys, resolve the regrets; then can come the best of benedictions - 'If I had my life to live over, I'd do it all the same.'
- Joan McIntosh
- Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret, just waiting to be plunged into the soft underbelly of a 'friendship.'
- Margaret Cho,
- Never regret something that once made you smile.
- Amber Deckers,
- Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
- Sidney J. Harris
- Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.
- Katherine Mansfield
- Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today, and you make your tomorrow.
- L. Ron Hubbard
- When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
- Alexander Graham Bell
- The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
- Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1856)
"Forget regret, or life is yours to miss." -Jonathan Larson =)
ReplyDeleteHi new friend. Those quotes are great!I especially like the first one by Victoria Holt. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDelete"Regret comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are small , like when we do a bad thing, for a good reason. Some are bigger, like when we let down a friend. Some of us escape the pangs of regret by making the right choice. Some of us have little time for regret, because we're looking forward to the future. Sometimes we have to fight to come to terms with the past. And sometimes we bury our regret, by promising to change our ways. But our biggest regrets are not for the things we did... but the things we didn't do. The things we didn't say that could save someone we care about. Especially when we can see the dark storm that's headed their way."
ReplyDeletegotta love One Tree Hill :)