Thursday, March 20, 2008

Regret

Today I wrote about regreting....

Many people want to go back to their past and fix things they had done. In addition, many times people think what if they had not done something, what if they had not said something, and so on. Many people want to go back because they think they could change situations, if they go back to their past. However, that is wrong. People should focus on their present instead of their past. I think there are two major reasons why people should focus on the present instead of the past. One is time never waits for people. When people hang on the past, people are going to lose the present. Then, they are going to regret repeatedly. People have to stick with the present because the past is never going to come back. If people want to live meaningful lives, they have to enjoy the present. The other is there is no person who does not regret about the past. People must have something regretful at least one anyway. Thus, people cannot live their lives regretting. If people cannot help but to regret, there is no reason for living in their past. Therefore people should concentrate on the present instead of the past.

2 comments:

Jing Chen said...

Young,you are right.In the real life, we always hear somebody say he or she regrets, if they could go back to the past, they would change the situation.Howerver, it is impossible.

Elaine Soffer said...

I agree with you and Jing. I think, though, that sometimes we should think about the past to make sure we don't repeat all of the same mistakes again.