VAIN REGRETS.
Why have regrets at all ? Truth to tell, there's a little hankering after the atmosphere of regret in all of us. Which, more or less, proves that there is more sentiment in most of us than we care to admit. Of course, it's silly to shut our eyes to this. For, after all, what's wrong with sentiment? But, regretting is a foolish business from beginning to end, an absolute waste of time. We must be hard about the things that can't be altered. Someone said of a famous man: "Go to him with the story of an irremediable disaster or a situation in which nothing can be done, or a hopeless verdict in matters of health, and he will mentally turn aside." There you have the philosopher's point of view about regrets. He has no room for them. Nothing can be done, the matter is terminated. He has no time to waste upon the hopeless verdict, whatever it may be, although he will always have a ready ear for that in which something can be done. That is surely the right view for this life of ours. This attitude of stoicism towards the thing that is finished is sound, and it need not destroy our sympathy. , L.C.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 261, 3 November 1928, Page 8
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209VAIN REGRETS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 261, 3 November 1928, Page 8
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