World of Wisdom: Regrets
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Looking back over a long life can provide cause for regret. Incidents from decades past, seemingly forgotten, can suddenly provoke deep sadness. Richard in Malaysia is troubled by the way he acted as a young man. Writer and therapist Dr Shefali offers him guidance on accepting his flaws and living more in the present moment.
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| 0:27.0 | This is the BBC World Service. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Sanasathi and welcome to World of Wisdom, where we explore some of the personal issues that life turns up. |
| 0:39.0 | One of those issues is regrets. |
| 0:42.0 | As Frank Sonatra says, I've had a few. |
| 0:46.0 | Anyone reaching adulthood looks back at some point and thinks, I wish I hadn't done that. |
| 0:52.0 | Or if only I'd made that choice. |
| 0:55.0 | But all those regrets like Frank is too few to mention. |
| 1:00.0 | What happens if we start to reach the end of a long, full life and the things we did or didn't do when we were much younger suddenly start to loom large? |
| 1:10.0 | Perhaps like Richard from the UK. |
| 1:13.0 | Now living in Malaysia, they start to bother us on a daily basis. |
| 1:18.0 | We put him in touch with Dr. Shavali. |
| 1:21.0 | They talked for a long while and this is a shortened version of their conversation. |
| 1:27.0 | Can we or should we forgive ourselves for things that we've done in the past? |
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