Living And Coping With Regret
Part Two of my response to Brian’s question deals with the issue of living with regret.
What has taken hold, is that I’ve become sure I will always be sad about losing the family we had and how it’s taken so much from kids. I can’t imagine in any new life, not feeling the weight of that loss, the guilt for my part in it and the regret that it is unalterable. It feels like the unsheddable burden.
One of the most powerful and draining things you can do is to live with regret. Regret is really about loss. It’s a grieving for something you feel could have been, but you have now lost in your life. It’s a closed door that you feel will never be open to you again. [Read more →]