The Don

We, as humans, are doomed to make mistakes. It is inevitable. There is not one person who has not at some period of their youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant, it will always be regretted. And to regret is too late. Nothing can be done to take back what has transpired as a result of our actions. It is carved in stone. Always there. Always to be remembered. A scar on one’s life. Our innate human legacy. And more often than not redemption is unattainable.

Regret will not always be present as one’s dislike of an action committed, but also as detest of one’s own inaction. Many find themselves wishing that they had not just done something different in a past situation, but that they had done anything at all.

Even sadder is the fact that we as humans often will not do what we believe in, but do what is convenient for us, and then repent.

The only good that comes from our mistakes, is that we learn from them. We emerge a little wiser.