Modern education teaches us so much. Yet, does it teach us what is essential to life, such as how to deal with emotions?
Let’s start with a common one: regret.
Regret is utterly useless, because it’s simply impossible.
“Why did I do this? I should have done that instead!”
It is impossible, because we always make the best decision with the circumstances and the information we have at that time.
If we could have done better, we would have.
Regret is an attempt to control the past, and therefore can be rather frustrating. Socrates said, “All men choose what they believe to be the good, however, they have no way of knowing good from bad.”
Therefore, whenever we have a feeling of regret, we simply remind ourselves:
“It seemed like a good idea at the time“.
Because it was.
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