Current events have spurred me to re-post another article from my friendster blog... :(

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sorry...that is a word that symbolizes regret. regret follows us like a lurking shadow, ready to pounce on us when feelings of guilt overpowers our hearts.
I always wondered, why am i stupid enough to do the things i did. some of the things i did, i think took stupidity to a new level.
regret happens when the things that we thought we did right was in fact totally wrong and suddenly the cascade of events that ensues spun out of our hands, totally out of our control. then we could only look at the things that result from our stupidity with our mouths gaping open, our head disbelieving everything and our hearts hoping that it won't get worse than it already is. sadly, it always did.
so how could we prevent this from happening again?
with all that we did wrong, i think we should have some hindsight (meaning: Perception of the significance and nature of events AFTER they have occurred). In short, we should analyze ourselves every time. I think it's best to analyze both the good times and the bad times so that we know what makes it good and also what would mess everything up.
Then, after that we should try to use all the results from our self-analysis or self- assessment to have more foresight (meaning: Perception of the significance and nature of events BEFORE they have occurred).
this way, i think we could avoid from falling into the same pitfall of life over and over again.
i think we could learn not to be like the fly that tried to go out the car window. every time the fly tried to go out, it smashed its head on the invisible glass. i think the fly does not know that there is such thing as glass that act as an invisible barrier because it could see the world outside just on the other side...pity..how could something so close be so far...ok, back to the fly, i think that if the fly took some time to reflect on the whole situation, it would realize that something is terribly wrong. then, maybe it would try to think of another way to tackle the problem.
with a little bit more time n patience, the fly probably would b free if it tried hard enough. but if it stopped trying, then it would only die a useless death.
what a waste of life.