You're so right, that it's the moral and ethical fails that return with sharp edges to reproach us. Reading your sentences about that have given me a little moment of reassurance: that others, too, have moral/ethical failings that haunt them. There's a balm in knowing I have companions in that place of self-reproach.
Hello. I find that reading Seneca on regret (he wrote of it frequently) is a great help to me when I experience it in my dreams, imaginings or memories.
I hope you can find some comfort there. All the best, John.
thank you for this post. regrets of the heart and soul live on. they make us better people, i hope.
You're so right, that it's the moral and ethical fails that return with sharp edges to reproach us. Reading your sentences about that have given me a little moment of reassurance: that others, too, have moral/ethical failings that haunt them. There's a balm in knowing I have companions in that place of self-reproach.
I saw Piaf. At the end of her career in Paris .I was a tour guide .She was dreadful.
Regrets? Many mistakes,but that goes with a stressful life
I’’ve had a lovely life fun friends including the author of The Endgame
Julian
Forgive me for sharing this, but I wrote this poem on regret a little while ago and wonder if it will add to your thoughts too: https://open.substack.com/pub/timorlili/p/no-more-regret?r=1r7iky&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Hello. I find that reading Seneca on regret (he wrote of it frequently) is a great help to me when I experience it in my dreams, imaginings or memories.
I hope you can find some comfort there. All the best, John.