Remorse For Past Deeds

Remorse is a double edged sword,to use a hackneyed metaphor. One, it indicates we have a working conscience; two, it promotes (or should) repentance and a determination not to repeat the deed(s) that caused the remorse. Pummeling ourselves does more harm than good. / Maurice

Yes, some people become haunted for life. My only regrets are for things I did to myself. I can't think of any horrible things I did to anybody. Ah, one comes to my mind. I said goodbye to a mentally ill woman whose emails were just making me crazy. I did not treat her too kindly just cutting her off. It makes me wonder how we should react to situations which are dragging us down, but in cutting off these people, we are hurting them. This is something I do not know the answer to.

Make the most of your regrets and never smother your sorrow, an exemplary message mostly illustrated nicely in these words: Remorse for past deeds you cannot repair. Will seriously tarnish your delicate soul. And from your good life take a bitter toll.// Lasaad

Remorse is an essential part of humanity Milton, otherwise we’d all be psychopaths, it’s grounding to have it, but can become troublesome if constantly on replay, Your excellent poem is a generalisation of remorse, but the truth is, remorse can only be measured on the egregious nature of what is troubling the individual, cheers David

When we look back over our lives there's many things we're not proud of and wish we could change, the worst thing is to dwell on those misdeeds. Tom