Regret

Each of us has our regrets. Life cannot be lived without mistakes. Not always do these mistakes qualify as regrets; in fact many mistakes teach us valuable lessons that help our lives improve, but this still leaves a modest few that make us really wish we had made different choices. Of course the past cannot be changed, so there is really no point in dwelling on our regrets, but this if often easier said than done. Sometimes the tiniest mistakes haunt us the most. For example, I put ice into a cooler full of hot tea and diluted it out so much that it was ruined for everyone, only to realize later that it was intended to be served hot........... It's not so much the mistake itself that bothers me, I wouldn't even think twice about it if someone else had made it, it's really the fact that I affected many people because I didn't fully think my actions through. Those are the things I regret the most, the actions that I make with unintended consequences for other people. I try to get through life with as little imposition to others as possible. It's funny, I realize the easiest way to do this would be to have as little interaction with others as possible, but then there are other issues with this........ I do not suggest seclusion as a solution to regret, that will just lead to different regrets. At this point, I think I just consider it important to think about our choices in respect to their possible impact on others before we make them.