According to Kevin Hansen, founder of HYPERLINK "http://www.secretregrets.com/" Secret Regrets, we all have a lot to get off our chests: More than 10,000 people have anonymously posted their answers to that question on his site. He's compiled them all into "Secret Regrets: What If You Had a Second Chance?" which is now an Amazon bestseller on Kindle.
Reading this poses Three questions for me.
What if you had a second chance?
Would you discuss one or both openly in a public forum?
Would you discuss one or both openly in a public forum?
Yes, I have regrets. I don't think you could be human and not. Yes, I have kept some of my regrets a secret. Some I have tried to make amends for. Some I would love to have a second chance at correcting if I could do it with full hindsight. I'm afraid that without hindsight I would continue to make the same mistake over and over. Like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day.
As to discussing my biggest regret in a public forum or on my blog. I have already tried that in some form several times only to dance around the most hurtful of the facts. But, discussing it has not reduced the amount of guilt I still feel over the events of that fateful night. Perhaps I will give it another go someday.
How about you?
As to discussing my biggest regret in a public forum or on my blog. I have already tried that in some form several times only to dance around the most hurtful of the facts. But, discussing it has not reduced the amount of guilt I still feel over the events of that fateful night. Perhaps I will give it another go someday.
How about you?
Yes, you've definitely hit a nerve (or several). :)
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I'll ever be strong enough to share my regrets in a public forum. Nevertheless ... I, too, feel an enormous amount of unresolved guilt. Perhaps that's the price of having lived.