“If you have no sadness or remorse, you are a liar or a denier, or worse still, you haven’t lived. No one makes it through life without words better left unsaid, poor judgments or thoughtless omissions. I can barely make it through the day without all three.”
~ Erica Brown (NY Times – A Nice Opportunity for Regret)
Image Source: Tigran
Live & Learn 
Amen!
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I’ll second that emotion!
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🙂
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Wow. Powerful quote and what a great image. Paired so perfectly. Again.
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Thanks LaDona.
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Appreciated by and Re-Blogged at http://villageundertaker.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/regrets/
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Thank you Ray.
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That’s for sure! It’s how we learn – making mistakes – and if we don’t take our mistakes to heart, regret them and try to improve, it makes us very insensitive people.
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Yes, yet, so difficult to do, is it not? (Not to regret)
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Regrets — sure we all have regrets. That’s a cliche. Here is what Rumi says about it:
If God said,
“Rumi, pay homage to everything
that has helped you
enter my
arms,”
there would not be one experience of my life,
not one thought, not one feeling,
not any act, I
would not
bow
to.
If you are happy about where your voyage has taken you your regrets can only be conditional. But be careful — if you could change important decisions and events in your life — would the change take you off course?
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Inspired by the Rumi passage and your comment Frank. Thanks for sharing.
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Indeed.
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Reblogged this on Not Perfect Me and commented:
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Thanks for sharing…
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Hello Dave,
Sometimes we say opposite of what we actually feel (:
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Yes Sonia, sometimes. Not often for me, but sometimes is correct. 🙂
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I do that with few people :p
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🙂
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Powerful – and freeing. The image syncs perfectly. The duality of her calm gaze and the posture of shame. Great one David (I write that a lot in the comment section of your blog, don’t I).
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Thank you Mimi.
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This post really got me to pondering. Regret is often a symptom of my bipolar disorder, a form of depression that’s focused and obsessive. I’ve come to recognize it as a marker of my illness, not something to entertain.
As others have said, human beings make mistakes. We strike out and hurt others. Hopefully, we amends as best we can. We learn and adjust our behavior. To continue to ruminate on our mistakes, to churn out the “what if” scenarios, never helps and keeps us living in the past.
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Terrific point Sandy Sue…thanks for sharing. I’m with you.
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Never listed any, because there were so many. Regrets for options I didn’t take. Sadness for the huge mistakes. I had remorse, but will pass that phase. regrets are after all in-vain, so lets say Rumi or anyone who had a philosophy knew it well, we can not tell what we went through , for that’s a secret we won’t talk about with you :))
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LIKE IT! What talent you…Thank you…
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thank you
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Uh-huh…yep…wow! Was just in a conversation earlier about regrets – the kind that are not worth it, the little ones that nag at us. But the quote is powerful, and like Mimi said, freeing. Once again, an exquisite pairing of words and art.
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Thank you Bonnie.
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Very powerful and true. Bro you have an amazing talent in combining pictures and words.
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Thank you Lorne
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Reblogged this on sinzianacomanici and commented:
I do regret so many things I should have sad or done….
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