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It must be a terrible thing to be haunted by the ghost of one’s past. Who would want to have their past indiscretions dragged up in public. Who would wish to see the ramifications of all of their past mistakes layed out before their eyes. It is a terrible thing to see how one’s life may have had success, joy and contentment had things gone differently… to know the regret of a life squandered.

The sad fact is that few of us need a visit by a spirit to reount our past failings. We are masters at remembering our shortcomings. It is not necessary for most of us that someone points out our faults, we are keenly aware of our failings, often keeping a mental list, exhaustive in it’s scope and subjectivity. We replay the past, again and again. We see it projected on the screen of our minds. We live with regrets. I have many…

---by Scott Williams in this post