Never Regret?
This is a question. Have you ever heard that you should "never regret"? Well, in my life experience, I firstly do not think it is entirely possible to "never" regret. I think it is however possible to check how much regret we do on a particular thing because continual regret could block the ability to learn from a bad experience and moving on.
So maybe it's not about never regretting, but the ability to quickly move out of a situation of regret to getting ourselves together for a new life, new learning.
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I am a Malawian, an ardent fan of Stoicism and similar philosophies of life. I love reading personal development books.
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