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Have you every wished you did not do something the way you did it, when you did it or how you did it? Then you have just regretted an action.
According to Oxford Advanced learners Dictionary (6th edition), "Regret is feeling sorry about what you have done or about something you have failed to do".
By this definition, you can agree with me that regret is a regular feature in our everyday existence. Regret is inevitable, but that is no challenge. The challenge is that many have. Made it look inevitable. No blames! Because some situations deserve deeply felt regrets.
A young lady cried an ocean of tears regretting a nine-year relationship with a certain young man. The relationship was headed for marriage but never got there!
A pastor friend of mine regretted his union with his wife after discovering she already had two children from as many men.
Yours might not be relationship oriented but you can testify that the impact of certain regrets can be overwhelming. Sometimes we remain under the siege of regret for five years making us lead a life of hatred, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness and several other nagative motions, which antagonize our motion in life.
Why live in regret when you obviously can't turn back the hands of time? Nothing can be as useless as crying over spilt milk. What has happened has happened.
So what do you do to release yourself from the claws of regrets?
ACCEPT IT: You must accept regret as being a part of life as it is very much a constituent of human existence.
UNDERSTAND IT: In every mess there is a message. You must understand that THERE IS A LESSON, as well as understanding the lesson in itself.
REDEFINE IT: While many people regret roses have thorns, others are celebrating that thorns have roses. Giving a bad tag to your bad situation makes you feel worse. Your REACTION TO YOUR SITUATION is an offspring of your PERCEPTION.
SHARE IT: Don't carry the pain of regret about. Share it with someone you trust or better still share it with your God in prayer. It brings relief and healing.
IGNORE IT: By this Imran, look ahead. The regret is in the past; don't allow regret take the place of dreams. No body ever goes forward on a reverse gear.
Even the anointed Apostle Paul of Tarsus said,
"This is one thing I do,forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before".
You must learn the art of getting past your past.