Friday, February 16, 2007
Cogito ergo sum
So I've been thinking a little lately about what it means to live without regrets. What is the difference between shame and regret? Why do people insist that we must live life without regrets? Is that possible? I've come up with a few conclusions of my own, but I'm curious as to what you all (or whoever still checks this) think.
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I think that when people say to live life without regrets, they mean that you shouldn't allow past mistakes, which you can't change, to wreck your life with guilt now. The problem is that the things we do wrong do have consequences, and it's not possible to truly "get over" them without Christ. As Christians, we are able to live without shame because we are forgiven. And though we may regret things we've done, we don't need - indeed, we shouldn't - dwell on them, because they no longer have any hold on our lives.
Another meaning could be to "seize the day" - do the things now that later you'll regret not doing. This could apply from both a Christian perspective and a non-Christian one, though the things we choose to do so that we won't regret not doing them might be different.
There's my thoughts.
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