Sherry Ning on Substack: "If you suffer from rumination or can’t get over regrets I think your worst sin might be pride because to be stuck in regret is to think that you had full control over that past situation instead of thinking maybe you were never as powerful or intelligent or wise as you believed"

If you suffer from rumination or can’t get over regrets I think your worst sin might be pride because to be stuck in regret is to think that you had full control over that past situation instead of thinking maybe you were never as powerful or intelligent or wise as you believed You can’t fool yourself into believing that you are not in control of your decisions, when you actually were. Regret only happens because your mind knows the truth. That you just messed up something you knew you weren’t supposed to. And sometimes we really did do the best we could in that moment We don’t regret the decisions where we did the best we could with what we have. That’s the funny thing about regrets. It’s only hunts us because we made bad decisions although we could do better. This is quite thought provoking. I think pride can be an element, but I don’t think it’s the default. Sometimes being stuck in regret is about being unable to process grief or give voice to pain. Sometimes it is as simple as bei

If you suffer from rumination or can’t get over regrets I think your worst sin might be pride because to be stuck in regret is to think that you had full control over that past situation instead of thinking maybe you were never as powerful or intelligent or wise as you believed You can’t fool yourself into believing that you are not in control of your decisions, when you actually were. Regret only happens because your mind knows the truth. That you just messed up something you knew you weren’t supposed to. And sometimes we really did do the best we could in that moment We don’t regret the deci