When you spend time and energy having regrets, you rob yourself of all the wonderful things in your life that you have to be thankful for. Instead of basking in

the light of your blessings, regret focuses on your losses.

If you hold onto regrets, it's often because you can't forgive yourself for past decisions. Turn those regrets into lessons learned that will guide you in making future decisions.

Having regrets gives you permission to punish yourself for mistakes you made in the past. But you don't need to be punished. Instead, look at your mistakes as experiences that

taught you how to approach situations differently next time.

To have regrets about something you did many moons ago is to deny that you've grown as a person. You're not the same girl you were five years ago, and

in five more years, you'll be even smarter and more experienced. You can't learn if you don't mess up from time to time. 

If you spent half as much time on your current passions as you spend dwelling on the past, you'd feel twice as fulfilled. Focus on the here and the now

instead of spending your energy on "what might have been."

Regardless of what happened in your past, there's also tomorrow to try again. To make things better. To start over. Each new day is a blank page for you to

write on. Don't let your past dictate your future.