How I stopped regretting past actions

About 10 years ago, a friend of mine made a statement that he probably didn't know he made but that statement changed my life for good. 

He said "we can only know what happened, we can never know what would have happened". 

I reflected on that statement and I knew it was a powerful one. So anytime I know I've done my due deligence before making a decision but the outcome wasn't favorable, I don't regret not taking other choices.

That doesn't mean we should not feel bad for making some bad decisions, but in situations when the quality of the choices are unclear, don't blame yourself, just learn from what happened and move on.

A simple example of this is if you go to school to study course A and your friend studies course B. You both had great results, he gets a job but you don't. It would be wrong for you to blame yourself thinking you'd have gotten a job too if you studied the same course.

Good morning 😊