As products of an imperfect world, all of us are imperfect. Every one of us has done some wrong. There are things we regret – things we have done, things we should have done, or things we didn’t do. Acknowledging our wrongdoings with a genuine sense of remorse can serve to keep us on the right track in life, and encourage us to rectify our mistakes when possible and take action to correct things in the future. But if we allow our regret to degenerate into excessive guilt, holding onto the memory of our past transgressions with continued self-blame and self-hatred, this serves no purpose other
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