Ourself and the word REGRET

Its 2:59 a.m. So am not in my room tonight, am at my best friend, peters house. His room is pretty simple, there's not that many things in here. One thing that bugs me is that the walls are plain. Its just one small plain blue room. In my room theirs a bunch of pictures. Like a BUNCH! I love taking pictures, and anyone who knows me will agree 100%. I do not go anywhere without my camera; its just a part of me. My friends will come over, and will look at pictures of themselves, and sometimes they would just trip out. They will wonder "What the hell was going through my mind, as i was wearing that". Then they often start regretting a lot of things in their past. But why? Why do we regret a lot of things that we have done in our past? First off, we do we look back at the past so much to even begin thinking about regret? Yes, the past is who we are, and its where your going, but why is the past the only place we regret? Why not the present? Do we regret stuff as it's happening to us? As you grow up, you tend to realize your mistakes and correct yourself for the future. But what was our mistake back then? A couple of fights and a bad outfit. That doesn't mean we should regret doing it. At one point we acted and thought that way. Do you think everybody goes through a phase at one point? And if so what does the word regret really actually mean to us? To take something back we have done, and do it differently? No, the world doesn't work like that. And if it did, then life would be a video and you would keep rewinding and play whenever you please. No one should ever regret anything because what you have accomplished is who you are. If you regret not joining a sport when u were younger, then maybe u weren't meant to play that certain sport, and then now you can push yourself harder to achieve it. Or you regret not doing good in school, well then it would push you harder to do better in life. Each regret you can think of, has a purpose. It doesn't mean you cant play that sport, or do better in life, now it just means now u have a reason to move forward and reach your goals. When you leave the world, you want to look back at your life with no regrets at all. So the next time you look at old pictures and sometimes regret doing some stuff then, just remember, the good and bad times will always stay with you, regardless if you regret them or not. It's the strength inside you now, that will keep you going forever. Goodnight world, Goodmorning me :)