Regret is a 4-letter word

Do you have any regrets?

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Regrets. It's such a nasty little word.

I regret to inform you - that phrase is meant to be polite but it's so informal, it's almost callous.

I think I may know why I have such a almost hatred for the word regret.

My nature, I try to be optimist. If something bad happens, I worry, I fret, I cry, but I also try to see if there is a silver lining. I'm not delusionial, I know when things are awful, but I do try to see the good in everyone and everything.

Regret, by its very nature, is dark. It's depressing. It's being sorry for a past action. Something that can't necessarily be changed or fixed.

Instead of forgetting what you regret, it's important to try to move on, move forward. But it's most important to learn from your past mistakes and regret and go on to be happy, a better person because of your past.

Your past, your failures and mistakes, your regrets, your triumphs and succeedings, make you you. Make you who you are. Make you a better person, a better friend, a better husband/wife/son/daughter.

So maybe regrets aren't so evil and dark. If you learn from your mistakes, if you become a better person, changed and happier, then maybe having some regret isn't such a terrible thing.

What do you think? Do you have any regrets?

And don't worry. I promise to blog about more cheerful subjects, I swear!