Send my regrets

Why do we humans spend so much time revisiting the failures of our lives? Regret is such a waste of time and energy. No matter how much you fret about those things that haunt your soul and mind, you can rarely change them. They are done and gone...past. No, I am not immune. I often find my mind wandering down familiar paths of why, what if and I wish. The only purpose I can find, is possibly, the desire to learn from my mistakes and missteps. By turning over and examining the less than stellar moments of life, maybe, just maybe, I can do better next time. I'll give myself credit for at least hoping to be a better person...and maybe someday I'll quit beating myself up over the mistakes.