{"id":7282,"date":"2013-08-14T12:11:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T16:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=7282"},"modified":"2013-08-14T12:12:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T16:12:20","slug":"letting-go-of-regret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2013\/08\/letting-go-of-regret.html","title":{"rendered":"Letting Go of Regret"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/files\/2013\/08\/letting-go-of-regret.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7284\" alt=\"letting go of regret\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/2013\/08\/letting-go-of-regret-300x225.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>You let the woman of your dreams get away. You made a parenting mistake that still haunts you. You quit an okay job only to replace it with a lousy one. You cheated a friend. And on and on and on. You want so badly to reverse the clock and do it again \u2026 the right way. Regrets can occupy a substantial amount of real estate in our minds, especially for those prone to obsessive thinking. I, for one, spend too many hours of my day in remorse over big and little choices\u2014whether they be professional glitches, parenting inconsistencies, or personal shortfalls.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ways I\u2019m trying to let go of my regret.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Wellness\/Galleries\/7-Ways-to-Let-Go-of-Regrets.aspx\">Click here to read full post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You let the woman of your dreams get away. You made a parenting mistake that still haunts you. You quit an okay job only to replace it with a lousy one. You cheated a friend. And on and on and on. 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