Regret has no business interfering with a person's life, as if one could change the past by spending the future dwelling on it. Were it not for regret, the present might be a much more pleasant place to live, allowing one to look forward to the future with optimism, rather than hesitation. Regret is useless to all but the person using it and deserving or not, is nothing more than the disguised past tense of guilt. Regret is a selfish act.