Comments on: Living with Regret http://rodneyolsen.net/2008/07/living-with-regret.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christian Carnival CCXXXIV « A True Believer’s Blog http://rodneyolsen.net/2008/07/living-with-regret.html/comment-page-1#comment-6804 Christian Carnival CCXXXIV « A True Believer’s Blog Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:02:47 +0000 http://rodneyolsen.net/?p=2310#comment-6804 [...] us yearn for a life that we’ll never experience?” and then offers help with his post, “Living With Regret.” I guess you can skip this one if your life is and has always been perfect, you’ve never made [...] [...] us yearn for a life that we’ll never experience?” and then offers help with his post, “Living With Regret.” I guess you can skip this one if your life is and has always been perfect, you’ve never made [...]

]]> By: Rodney Olsen http://rodneyolsen.net/2008/07/living-with-regret.html/comment-page-1#comment-6803 Rodney Olsen Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:23:56 +0000 http://rodneyolsen.net/?p=2310#comment-6803 Apple, I think you've hit the nail on the head. There are things that we all could have done differently but we never know what consequences those choices could have brought for us. I sometimes wish that I'd met Pauline a lot earlier than I did but I wonder if we would have clicked as well as we did if we'd met several years earlier. Apple, I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. There are things that we all could have done differently but we never know what consequences those choices could have brought for us.

I sometimes wish that I’d met Pauline a lot earlier than I did but I wonder if we would have clicked as well as we did if we’d met several years earlier.

]]> By: Apple http://rodneyolsen.net/2008/07/living-with-regret.html/comment-page-1#comment-6802 Apple Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:06:00 +0000 http://rodneyolsen.net/?p=2310#comment-6802 I've always regretted not going to college. But if I had gone I wouldn't have married young and had my kids and I can't imagine life without them. I’ve always regretted not going to college. But if I had gone I wouldn’t have married young and had my kids and I can’t imagine life without them.

]]> By: Rodney Olsen http://rodneyolsen.net/2008/07/living-with-regret.html/comment-page-1#comment-6801 Rodney Olsen Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:44:14 +0000 http://rodneyolsen.net/?p=2310#comment-6801 Thanks hazelblackberry. I think many people are convinced that they are trapped but are only trapped by their own thinking. Thanks hazelblackberry. I think many people are convinced that they are trapped but are only trapped by their own thinking.

]]> By: hazelblackberry http://rodneyolsen.net/2008/07/living-with-regret.html/comment-page-1#comment-6800 hazelblackberry Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:31:37 +0000 http://rodneyolsen.net/?p=2310#comment-6800 Regrets, I've had a few.... I like what you said, Rodney: regret, like guilt, is really only useful if it can inspire change or acceptance or some sort of action. Just letting it linger on and on is unhealthy and pointless. I've been incredibly fortunate in that I've been able to dive into a new career - I know so many people who are "stuck" one way or the other. Regrets, I’ve had a few…. I like what you said, Rodney: regret, like guilt, is really only useful if it can inspire change or acceptance or some sort of action. Just letting it linger on and on is unhealthy and pointless.

I’ve been incredibly fortunate in that I’ve been able to dive into a new career – I know so many people who are “stuck” one way or the other.

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