Regret

	Definition:		[n] sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret" [v] regret strongly [v] be sorry; "I regret to say..." [v] decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party" [v] feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [v] feel sad about the loss or absence of

Regret is not a good thing. Sometimes, it takes us a long time to figure out what we really want, and sometimes that realization comes too late. But at least it comes. It makes you run against time despite the run being futile, it makes you do what you should have done when you first felt that gut feeling but did not or could not act upon it. And when you finally act upon it, it can no longer be classified as regret. It is rather the self-realization of what you are worth and what you deserve, not what you should have done sooner. Because you obviously could not do it sooner.

Realizations of the like have often come late for me, and sometimes my lateness was not a handicap. Sometimes, it was. I hope this time, I'm not too late...