I feel regret about some decisions and mistakes I made, how can I get over it?
Regret must be one of the most common feelings people endure. We all regret the mistakes of the past. Some more than others.This is one of those areas in life where we’re required to make a choice about how we live our lives.On the one hand lies the choice of continuing to regret decisions and mistakes allowing them to haunt not only our past but our present and our future.Or,We can go through the situation and make restitution and apologies when appropriate and then we must forgive ourselves.This last step is so important - sometimes we’re so quick to forgive others but then don’t do the same for ourselves.I must admit I found it difficult until I had one of those marvellous moments of insight that come every once in awhile.I realized I made my decisions based on what was available at the time, that, unfortunately didn’t include a crystal ball. I had no way to see into the future.Once I’d accepted that I felt a lot better about the whole process of making decisions and making mistakes. You can only do what you can do. There’s no way to obtain information that is based in the future. The future has no free access. So we do the best we can with what we have available to us in the present.I hope that helps and good luck to you.
A Mistake, or A Bad Decision?
You're right; it's all about choices. You make a mistake in arithmetic, or when speeling a word (LOL). However, ALL people - ESPECIALLY Christians, but excepting perhaps the mentally retarded - know beforehand whether their actions are going to be right or wrong, or good or bad decisions. What they really mean to say is: "I made a bad choice, but I made my mistake in getting caught." Do what is right the first time and you won't have to worry about who catches you doing it. Edit: Your other question: According to the Bible, God DOES forgive the sin each and every time. The "problem", like you rightly call it, is that many people think that this is a license to sin, because all the Church ever teaches about is forgiveness of sins. Perhaps if we started hearing about CONSEQUENCES of sins from the Church, Christians would stop sinning and then, as you also correctly put it, stop making God - in essence - an accessory to their sins.
How do I make better decisions and less mistakes?
One of the greatest mind STEVE JOBS answered your Question.Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in lifeAlmost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.
Can you become a pilot even if you made the BIG mistake of a suicide attempt?
I've learned my lesson. Is there any way to legally make it go away? If enough time passes will it still matter? I'm 19. I've already soloed, but that was before the biggest mistake of my life. The program I was thinking about going into was: http://www.gocoastguard.com/find-your-fit/officer-opportunities/programs/blue-21-flight-initiative
Debate: Mistake vs Bad Decision/Choice?
OK ! I fully understand that my opinion is not displayed with perfect grammar, and or, the greatest wit. I believe that it is not too contradicting and is quite a resolution towards the two . Give you're opinions and definitions between the two and gladly critique and destroy mine aswell if you feel the need lmao . Well, here it is: "What is a mistake compared to a bad decision? I'll break it down .. A mistake is basically like, forgetting to add an ingredient to a mixture, showing up late to a job when you thought you had to be there at a later time, or even marrying the wrong person could be a mistake from not fully understanding a situation and trying to follow through with such, yet leading towards a consequence from the lack of general to even advanced knowledge. That is a mistake . A bad decision is .. Well, a bad decision . You're aware of what you're doing, you're going through with it, and you know what it is or who the thing or person is and or capable of, yet, still making the choice to do so, usually out of a gain of pleasure or excitement, usually turning out to be the exact opposite, or even so, a lesson learned (same principle could go with a mistake, except, without such said awareness to making a bad decision). So really, was that person, moment, or thing a "mistake", or just a bad decision? It's always easier to blame a bad choice on a "lack of knowledge" rather than taking blame for a false mistake"
I've made mistakes in my life, bad choices, poor decisions, how do I become a better person and rectify my sins?
It’s okay to make poor decisions. It’s okay to make bad choices and it’s okay to make a lot of mistakes. We humans are frail, vulnerable and deficient in wisdom. This is why life keeps teaching us. The important thing is do you learn the lesson that comes at the end of every experience?Like I said. It’s not bad to make mistakes what is really destructive is when you fail to learn from it. Learning a positive a lesson is important. How many times you have failed. How many mistakes you have made is not important. To become a better person:Be willing to learnIf you close your heart and refuse to learn from mistakes, negative experiences and negative people in your life, you will never have peace of mind. Peace comes only when we become willing to learn. Nothing goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.Keep a DiaryKeep an intuition Diary and write your gut feelings in it about different people and situations in your life.Next time you make a big decision pay attention to what you wrote in your diary. Intuition diary can be extremely helpful in protecting us from toxic people and harmful decisions.Master self-controlPay attention to your actions. Do the things that your inner wisdom tells you to do.Control your tongueThis is one of the hardest thing you will ever do in your life.But you have to do it, If you do not want to create trouble for yourself and hurt other ,people. Control your tongue. Think before you speak.
Why do I still feel angry about my past mistakes and bad decisions in life?
There are two factors, which is the basis of the choices we make.Inheritance (your genetics/biological disposition)Environment (influences/experiences etc.)Did you choose any of these two factors? No.Did you choose your parents? Did you choose where you grew up? Did you choose where you first wen’t to school? My guess is no.Even if you did choose any of these examples… The basis of your choice would stem from the experiences and environmental influences that happened to you before making these choices.However, it very much seems like you are in control of the choices you make… When I say “you” im talking about your ego, because that is what you identify yourself with. The ego, however, is an illusion… Which causes you to suffer.If any other person had been born with your exact genetics, and had the same exact experiences as you… They would have made the exact same choices as you have.If you were to have made any other choices… You would need to have other genetics, or other environmental influences and experiences… Starting from the moment you were born.
Does the mistakes we make ruin God's plan?
There talk about "finding God's best" and not missing out on "His perfect will or plan" It is a popular notion: God has "ordered our steps" for our entire life and we can screw up the whole thing at every fork in the road by making the wrong decision. Fortunately God is a God of infinite variables. God's will is revisable. He has a perfect will for you no matter where you are in life, even if you've taken a "wrong fork in the road." Through God's grace, He will even pick up the shattered pieces of your life and make something beautiful out of them. You can't ruin God's plan that easy, because it is not a fixed plan. God's more creative than that. He's hard to circumvent. Of course knowing, willful, intentional disobedience (like your murder example) has serious consequences. God still has a will for you -- And it is not "second best" either. (How could we ever call God's will "second best"?) We might lose out on one future--but God can recover us and create another future for us that still brings joy and meaning.