My attempt at a good thread, but not so good it has to be in critical thinking.

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There's a LOT of things that I regret. Some of them are things that I've done that I wish I didn't and some are things that I did NOT do that I wish I had.

I wish I would've tried harder to stay in a relationship with that woman I met when I was 16. I would've had a long term relationship by now.

I wish I would've stopped my mom from smoking cigs so much.

Regret is just a natural way of smacking yourself in the forehead. Helps us learn from our mistakes.

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But what about the experiences you get from doing or not doing those things? Don't you think that might sway other important desicions you make later on in life?

And I never thought about regretting something I didn't do, though that makes perfect sense .

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Well, of course. By coping with all of my regrets I've learned to toughen up. And THAT is what I would not trade for anything.

I do know certain things, however, seem to be more fate than anything, so I don't regret it. If I would've stayed at one school every single year, I wouldn't have met all the friends that I have throughout my life. And most of them I still am friends with them, so I'm grateful for that.

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I approach your question this way; If I could change the past, I know that I wouldn't be this person here today responding to you. I wouldn't have the friends I know, I wouldn't say the things I say, and I probably would be a totally different person overall. Each individual decision someone makes affects their progressive decisions leading them to a very specific state later in time. I'm glad who I am, therefore I regret nothing.

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When you regret something but you don't think you should go back in time to fix it, wouldn't you think it was probably supposed to happen?

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Regrets are how God reminds us that the choices we make today have consequences.

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Everything I regret, I wish I hadn't done... I've never learned any life lessons, I was just born knowing them. You don't always have to earn wisdom.

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Huh? How are you born knowing anything, save breathing?


You learn everything.

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i regret downloading an unknown anti-spyware software now my pc doesn't work like it did -.-

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What?

Lmao I'm not going to bother, there's no point.

Anyway. One thing I regret is getting with this one girl. I'd happily trade all the good memories to get rid of the bad that followed.

It's a floored statement, not everything ever made sense back then to me though anyway.

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I regret many things. One thing in particular that only about 10 people know. I honestly wish at times that I could go back and change what words escaped my mouth that day in 4th grade, but I can't. I accept this and move on. Other times though I think back to what kind of a person I am today and think about how that influenced my actions and decissions today.

I will tell you that almost everyone will make a bad decission and regret it. I regret many things I've said and done and wish that I could go back and change those actions. I can't but I still wish. The worst thing that I've ever done, as previously alluded to, I do not wish to change. I have a stronger friendship with the persons I had problems with and have learned to watch what I say.

Overall, regret will happen to the best of people. It's something we all must deal and live with. We will all regret bad decissions for a while but upon furthur consideration change our views on the matter and think of how it helped us. Regret has a funny way of making us a better person.

-o24

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Then should we really regret something...if we know it betters us?

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I said regret after the stupid decission, betters you after more consideration. Regret isn't something you can easily avoid but it doesn't last forever.

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I wouldn't change anything I've done in the past. Sure, I have regrets, but I am quite happy with the person I am today and all of the events of the past-- good, bad, or ugly-- have molded me into the person I am today.

While I don't like the movie, The Butterfly Effect is a good example of why not to change things in the past. Even with good intentions, there are unknown consequences and the more you **** with the past the more you **** up the present.