The beauty of a regret
I won’t call you a human if you didn’t have at least one regret in life. Planned decisions or a sudden leap of faith, a regret often squiggles its way in the due course of time, just to constantly remind us about what went wrong and how we should have selected the alternate way. No matter what the age or stage in life we are in, as we begin to face the consequences of our actions, the horrendous feeling of a regret begins to trickle in, often leaving as guilty as charged. Wrong lover, wrong life-partner, wrong friend, wrong career, wrong investment, wrong advice, wrong whatever you feel like, the sources of a regret can be endless. Gems of questions such as, “What was I thinking?”, “Why didn’t I see it coming?”, “I should have known better!” and “Why do I end up making such decisions?”, hound us day and night, and we pledge to never make the same mistake again and pray for better sense to always prevail. We are ashamed, embarrassed, and full of regrets, just because a situation didn’t ...