Everyone has regrets. Let's say you have some massive power to rewrite history, you'd still likely screw it up again ... just in a new, creative way. "I hated my time when I first went to uni, instead of studying (x) I'll instead study 
..." And then you'll have regrets about that choice, and think maybe you should have studied something else.
The effect is magnified if you then FORGET what you have done in lieu of studying what you did study. I mean, if you had the power to revisit and redo any part of your life again, whilst knowing everything that you have ever done, then no one is going to regret ANYTHING because EVERYTHING is a meaningless blunder that you can avoid anyways, without any loss.
So the idea that of regret is necessary to despair, which is necessary to transformation. Remove the regret and despair, then you remove the impetus for change. But because you can't achieve a state of being beyond regret and despair in the pursuit of self-improvement, then you're not likely to improve ANYTHING other than being able to relive a moment of your life when you create the same amount of regret, only with a different outcome.
Let's face it ... if we had the power to rewrite history, all of us would settle for; "I regret picking the wrong numbers on my lottery ticket." In which case, there is a decreased impetus to put up with all the trivialities of studying and working hard, which in turn creates more regrets about merely enjoying the luxuries that your money provides.
In the end, humans are made better by their regrets and having regrets. It is of ultimate merit to be able to despair.
OT: I actually regret starting a business. That shit gets old, fast. People treat you as a job provider and that's the extent of your relationship to how you should run your business. Banks and governments treat you like the mob treats people who don't feel like paying protection money. Private sources of money that can be extorted through a variety of arbitrary means. All because of a shortfall of funds in their coffers, because they don't dare chase larger businesses because small business lacks the legal muscle to protect itself.
So, in the end ... you're the lowest one the totem pole. And if you ever complain, people begin to think of you some privileged baron of the land, twirling an invisible moustache and drinking baby's tears from an ivory challice made from the bones of dead labourers.
..." And then you'll have regrets about that choice, and think maybe you should have studied something else.The effect is magnified if you then FORGET what you have done in lieu of studying what you did study. I mean, if you had the power to revisit and redo any part of your life again, whilst knowing everything that you have ever done, then no one is going to regret ANYTHING because EVERYTHING is a meaningless blunder that you can avoid anyways, without any loss.
So the idea that of regret is necessary to despair, which is necessary to transformation. Remove the regret and despair, then you remove the impetus for change. But because you can't achieve a state of being beyond regret and despair in the pursuit of self-improvement, then you're not likely to improve ANYTHING other than being able to relive a moment of your life when you create the same amount of regret, only with a different outcome.
Let's face it ... if we had the power to rewrite history, all of us would settle for; "I regret picking the wrong numbers on my lottery ticket." In which case, there is a decreased impetus to put up with all the trivialities of studying and working hard, which in turn creates more regrets about merely enjoying the luxuries that your money provides.
In the end, humans are made better by their regrets and having regrets. It is of ultimate merit to be able to despair.
OT: I actually regret starting a business. That shit gets old, fast. People treat you as a job provider and that's the extent of your relationship to how you should run your business. Banks and governments treat you like the mob treats people who don't feel like paying protection money. Private sources of money that can be extorted through a variety of arbitrary means. All because of a shortfall of funds in their coffers, because they don't dare chase larger businesses because small business lacks the legal muscle to protect itself.
So, in the end ... you're the lowest one the totem pole. And if you ever complain, people begin to think of you some privileged baron of the land, twirling an invisible moustache and drinking baby's tears from an ivory challice made from the bones of dead labourers.
