Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Regret is a bitter emotion, so painful that the urge to avoid it often drives decision-making strategies.
I know I've made mistakes, and sometimes I've talked about things too openly or directly. That wasn't good, and I've learned from that.
Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that's like, and we resist it - so as not to feel like we're bad people.
It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart.
I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something.
To me, it's always interesting to see what people end up regretting, as a way maybe to avoid such regrets in your own life.
I've made a lot of mistakes and I don't regret any of them. Sometimes that's the only way you learn.
I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently.
It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
When I see something that's wrong, I just speak and act first and I'll take the consequences later.