How to Ease Regret

Perhaps it's the arrival of fall with its crisp air and changing leaves that is causing this longing in my spirit. Maybe it's the constant chatter of my country's tanking economy that is making me overflow with anxious worry. Or could it be a "big birthday" looming on the horizon that is filling me with mournful nostalgia? Whatever it is, my mind has been stuck in regret--regret for bike rides I had planned to take before summer's end, but never made happen, regret for writing opportunities I passed up because I didn't feel like working so hard at that moment, regret for adventures I avoided, beauty I ignored and romances I let fade, regret for every miscalculation, every misstep, every mistake of my life. It's natural to experience regret from time to time, but to allow regret to become your regular state of being is an unproductive drain of energy, not to mention, utterly depressing. May these tips help us to ease our regrets and embrace fully the glorious, new opportunities that life brings today!

Instructions

Put it on fate. It is an inescapable fact of life that we gain insight primarily through experience. Just as a sportscaster cannot analyze the game until after it is played, you cannot learn your life's lessons until after they are lived. To berate yourself for not knowing sooner what you know now is like berating a baby for not being able to walk before she has taken her first steps.

Mourn. Often regret is accompanied by some sort of loss. Maybe it's the loss of money after a failed business venture, the loss of friendship after a fight or the loss of health after an accident. Other examples of losses that might trigger regret are the loss of love, the loss of a dream, the loss of innocence, the loss of an opportunity or even the loss of a favorite material possession. Consciously acknowledging and mourning your losses is an important step in moving past regret.

Be grateful for what goes. We naturally rejoice when things come into our lives, and we should celebrate equally when things leave our lives. When the old clears out, it means a space is being created for the new.

Glance back, glace forward, but mostly stay focused on the present. You can learn lessons from your past and you can create goals for your future, but you cannot go back in time or know for certain what is to come. The only moment you can truly influence is the moment you have right now.

Make right what you can. If you regret that you said something you didn't mean, go back to those who were listening and speak your truth. If your regret is that didn't graduate from college, enroll in school and earn your degree. If your regret is that you have treated your body poorly and are now out of shape and overweight, start exercising and eating healthy today. The actions of your past do not have to dictate the actions of your future. It is never too late to make amends, to change your patterns, to do the things you've always wanted to do.

Act totally. If you hold back today, you are almost certain to regret it tomorrow. Jump on impulses, seize opportunities, focus on your dreams, melt into love, exclaim your joy, embrace your pain, say yes with every cell of your body to all that comes your way.

See the good in regret. Heart-wrenching regret helps give life its poignant, artful, bittersweet glow. Besides, experiencing regret allows you to have empathy for the painful regrets of others.

Ask yourself, "Now what?" Learn. You are where you are; it is what it is. You are older, you are wiser, you are full of regret. Now what? Are you going to sit and wallow or are you going to dust yourself off and make something happen? It's your choice. Nobody else is going to do it for you.

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