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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:30 PM
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Poll question: how big is your book of regrets?
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:32 PM
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1. As long as the lock on my diary holds tight - not even a page
:P
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tarkus Donating Member (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:32 PM
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2. It's not so much that I have done terrible things...
I just always regret everything I was doing a year ago for some reason. I assume I will continue to do that.
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luvLLB Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:34 PM
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3. You should only regret the things you did...
Edited on Thu Jun-16-05 02:34 PM by luvLLB
never regret not doing something.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:35 PM
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4. oh- nice thought
:hi:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:38 PM
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7. I've always thought it was the opposite. I've never regretted anything
Edited on Thu Jun-16-05 02:39 PM by JimmyJazz
I've ever done - it's the things I didn't do that I regret. For example, I really regret not getting a PhD and becoming a professor.
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luvLLB Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 08:05 AM
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14. Not me, I would rather regret having climbed that mountain, rather
than regret I never did.
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Trigger Hippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:41 PM
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10. I always thought of
it as the other way around. Take what you do and learn from it (no regrets there) and always go for things you think you want or need (regret not doing them).

:)
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:43 PM
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12. i think it was originally stated that way, then edited
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:37 PM
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5. Other
I've done plenty of things that I should not have done, and so in a sense regret them - yet I am inter alia the sum of my experiences and decisions, and it would be difficult for me utterly to reject them without rejecting a part of myself.
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:37 PM
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6. yes, i'm with you on that
everything we do leads us to where we are :)
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:38 PM
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8. I probably regret a few things i've said but overall
i don't regret the things i've done.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:41 PM
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9. Makes "Paradise Lost" look like a pamphlet...
Maybe I should write a book, along the lines of "The Purpose-Driven Life"

Call it "The Regret-Filled Life, where even GOOD choices still turn out bad"...
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 02:42 PM
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11. hahahaha
where even GOOD choices still turn out bad :rofl:
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-16-05 03:00 PM
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13. Small.
Edited on Thu Jun-16-05 03:01 PM by SarahBelle
Usually I over-think things before I do them and if it's something that proves to be not a very good idea, I learn something about myself in the process and move forward. We are all products of our experiences. I'm ok with the the product. Therefore I'm ok with the experiences. We learn. We grow. We change. It's all a part of the journey of our lives. :)
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