live well

Jun 11, 2004 12:42

"to live life well without regrets is idealistic
but to live life well with regret, is maturity."
this is an extract from an entry by amit in lis's journal...no matter how hard i try not to have regrets and justify my actions, sometimes the it becomes just a suppression of the emotion and not the case where it is not there, u just want to suppress it so that u can better face up to the consequences that follow. I don't want to have any regrets in life, it works on a rational platform, but becomes an unrealistic target when the emotions take over.I do not regret actions that might hurt myself in some way cos i know i will struggle eventually to accept it, but i do have to say i have regrets about the way that people get hurt as a result of my actions. Perhaps focussing our energies on continuing to live well after the regret is the thing that we should do. afterall nothing changes what has happened, only your perception and maturity in dealing with the "afters" that could have a positive outcome in your life and in others. i have to admit it is really not easy to live life well with regrets, i try to... i struggle to...i m not sure i know how to... but there is no manual for living life.

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