The State of Being Regretful

A life without regret is without compassion, for regrets are recognition of learned experiences.

The state of being regretful is therefore the consequence of a renewed perspective. Given if what had been regretted was added value to one's life by means of experiences.

Therefore, to have apologized for any misfortune is an expression that is attributed to a learning experience.

As human beings we are expected to make mistakes, because to believe anything differ would have implied a sense of perfection in a man which does not exist.

Thus, mistakes are that which we learn from when that which has been mistaken is repairable.

Another form of regret is value added by emotions cherished with love. We are emotional being who tends to express our feelings with love.

We are regretful not always because we've been wrong, but only because we can at times fail to show compassion to our love ones.

The last form of regret is not really regret; it’s a form of revenge. Missed opportunities which could have been consequential.

This type of regret effectuate by revenge can also be looked upon as being the highest form of a moral conduct where a person refrain oneself from committing an immoral act despite the prevailing circumstances.

According to Immanuel Kant, this is the type of goodness that come from a struggle, where the person really want to sin, but still find somehow to do the right thing.

This type of ethical code is best categorized as deontological ethic, where the cause (duty) is sprung from our ability to think and reason.

In some ways the only time we've experienced true regret is when the consequence of what was regretful cannot be reverted.

Although we may have learned from it, the types of punishments we've suffered is not equivalent to the learning experience had we made different choices.

One thing for sure, life is a beautiful thing, love it and cherish it.... Mokone Leqabano