tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314399029884091272.post3351962277909606634..comments2023-10-14T10:57:40.418-04:00Comments on Realityarts - Inspiration, Art and Creativity: R is for RegretAmanda Troughthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065774506000203979noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314399029884091272.post-58364096829696328602012-04-23T00:25:34.823-04:002012-04-23T00:25:34.823-04:00Visiting from A/Z. Regret is a friend of mine, LOL...Visiting from A/Z. Regret is a friend of mine, LOL. I've had several regrets over the years, more so I guess as I get older. I regretted not going to see my mom before she died five years ago; doctors said she wouldn't last more than a week or so but I was in denial about it at the time. What it did help me to do was to reinforce to my husband when and if he was in a similar situation to bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314399029884091272.post-82868287020879246832012-04-21T14:00:12.574-04:002012-04-21T14:00:12.574-04:00Catherine, I agree, we should see all mistakes as ...Catherine, I agree, we should see all mistakes as a chance to learn and move on.<br /><br />Guilie, looking forward to hearing more about your book. We can use our learning to be more caring for others.<br /><br />Donna, great to meet you will take a look at your blog.<br /><br />Krista, we have to focus on the change that we can make and our reponses to change.Amanda Troughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065774506000203979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314399029884091272.post-71542207640123004712012-04-20T12:34:02.096-04:002012-04-20T12:34:02.096-04:00In my opinion, regret is one of the hardest emotio...In my opinion, regret is one of the hardest emotions to live with. It nags you and it's painful. No one quite has the same regret as you because they aren't you. I almost did my R post on regret. The important part of regret is to remember that you can't change the past, but you can affect your future.Krista McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230770035490273428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314399029884091272.post-487947787491875792012-04-20T11:59:56.135-04:002012-04-20T11:59:56.135-04:00Hi...hopping over from the A to Z Challenge...love...Hi...hopping over from the A to Z Challenge...lovely blog...good luck with the rest of the challenge...<br /><br />Donna L Martin<br />www.donasdays.blogspot.comThink Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314399029884091272.post-71115797398935514552012-04-20T11:54:38.662-04:002012-04-20T11:54:38.662-04:00Great post, Amanda. Funny--my current novel is bas...Great post, Amanda. Funny--my current novel is based on regret. There's a quote I love from a song in Spanish (by Joaquin Sabina, ever heard of him?) that says, "There's no worse nostalgia than to yearn for what never happened." Oooohh... Ouch. I think it's most often the things we *didn't* do that come back to haunt us the strongest. <br /><br />I lost my dad when I wasGuilie Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006999087139126972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314399029884091272.post-54057086246026078572012-04-20T05:58:39.692-04:002012-04-20T05:58:39.692-04:00Lovely post, Amanda. I embrace regrets. I, like yo...Lovely post, Amanda. I embrace regrets. I, like you, allow it to motivate me. I think people who tell themselves "I have no regrets" are denying themselves the chance to fully learn the lessons that life throws at us. We all wish we'd made different decisions in life. But I believe mistakes eventually have a beneficial aftermath, no matter how bad they were at the time, in giving Catherine Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779799397032396279noreply@blogger.com