Regrets, I’ve had a few

I regret making the wrong choices at school. I studied what my friends did just to stay with them rather than doing my own thing. It was a hard lesson not to be repeated.

It's probably fair to say that my biggest regret is not fully understanding that "life is not a rehearsal" until it was too late for the opening night.

I regret decisions which have affected others and I regret trusting too easily.

Moi? Je ne regrette rien.
The past cannot be altered. Learn from your experiences and then let go.

I sometimes wonder what I could have become if I'd been more of a swat and less of a rebel at school. But I'm quite happy with my life now so no regrets.

I have lots and lots of regrets but I realise that they are pointless. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Always consider the words 'if only...' the two saddest words in the English language Even the worst times often have a positive outcome, and for those of us fortunate enough to have reached (and passed) our three score years and ten....then we should try to remember the good times.

I was at death’s door a few months ago but amazingly got a second chance. I know that if I had died all my regrets and pondering would have disappeared into the ether, so I have made the decision to let them go and not waste a minute of my new life on what has happened previously.

This thread title echoed what I had been thinking yesterday. The song My Way was played at Dads funeral yesterday morning and last night my daughter and I were talking about how my Dad had fulfilled so many of his dreams (to travel, his house etc.) and I said I wish I had had his zest for life. On the other hand he brought me up to be a lady(!) and he always said females should be happy with what their husbands/partners wanted! Well I wasnt! Hence my divorce and at times a rocky relationship with my current OH. Now I am possibly a little past it for some of my ambitions and health stands in the way of others but the one regret I will never have is for all my first marriage was hell I have my beautiful daughter and from her my gorgeous Grandson.

Someone once told me that opportunities are easier to see with the benefit of a rear view mirror. For me that's true. The opportunities I had in my youth are all to clear for me to see now that I'm too old to use them.

I remember. Maybe therapy/counselling is the way forward?

Regrets? I have a few....but then again too few to mention....

I have spent too much of my life regretting or dwelling on what was done to me, as well as what I may have inadvertently done to others. Can I change? Yes, I think we can always change despite,or perhaps because of, our many years of life experience.

I don't know where to start!!! Yes I have a million regrets mostly about poor choices I made and opportunities missed hence my question a few days ago about getting therapy. These things are eating at me now.