What if I say REGRET is a CHOICE.

" I should've spent time with my family

I could've acted sensible enough knowing my priority

I wish I had let myself live a little happy ."

I'm too young to have been through such rue and hardly heard any, less than few. It varies, various views, some soft and some so hard and true that the cuts are still raw and unsewn.

Regret - regret is a conscious negative emotional reaction to an undesirable situation. Is it avoidable ? Yes indeed. In this perplexed planet, everybody has something or the other to regret about, the wise ones choose to be optimistic about it .On a wide range there are very many avenues of regret like financial, parenting, health, Relative, career and the list is endless. It isn't any disease that affects only the adults. In simple statement, those who don't regret, choose not to.

Regret is a result of an action or inaction of the self. Words like I could have, I would have, I should have, I wish ,mostly comes with strings of regrets attached. Most people regret for an action that they had failed to do . It's okay to take calculative chances. Why not muster courage and dive no matter how deep it goes. Towards the end will be serenity and satisfaction or at least not a sense of guilt or regret. Amongst all the regrets there is one that tops the list and felt by 76% of people which is, they failed to realize their ideal self.

Every 9 out of 10 regret for something big in life. To not be one among, take the deathbed test, ask yourself these questions. What will I regret if I die today ? What will I change if I escape out alive ?

Being bold is different from being brash!

- Jodi Ettenberg

When Alexander the Great ventured to invade India he happened to meet an enlightened soul named Diogenes who was meditating by the banks of a river. The king expressed his desire to take Diogenes to his motherland along with him for which he was willing to do anything. Diogenes said " I already have everything, I seek nothing and hence I'm not coming ". Hearing the reply of Diogenes, Alexander told, " despite conquering the world i still feel incomplete about myself whereas without having anything, naked under the tree, how is that you feel so complete about yourself ", for which Diogenes said " you feel complete not in conquering the world but in conquering yourself". Alexander said " how I wish I could be a Diogenes in my next birth", saying so he left with a lot of regret . On his way back to his motherland he fell severely ill so he told his subjects that in case he does not make it alive , he wanted to be rested in a coffin with a hole on either side to let out his hands and palm facing the sky. The mighty , the great himself and anyone for that matter leaves this planet empty handed. The purpose behind his bizarre request was to banner headlines that the king drowned in regret, regret of living incomplete. He wished to do whatever that would've made him happier, happier enough to not vanish through thin air in despair

I wish I lived a life true to myself

I wish I hadn't worked so much

I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings

I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends

I wish that I had let myself be happier.

These are the top 5 regrets of the dying .

Each and every one of us are put in a sand-clock and clearly neither Aladdin nor Genie will show up. We don't live in world of fantasy filled with ecstasy, no fancy rides on magic carpet. There are thorns that prick and memorable moments to click it simply narrows down to what you pick !