As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
Accounting and finance are full of important philosophical and spiritual concepts: the importance of balance, moral hazard, contingent liability, honest disclosure, action and consequence, value and worth, goodwill, present and future value, the inevitable amortization of assets. I could go on for days.
It’s a model of human actions and aspirations that may well be the greatest gift of the Renaissance to mankind.
Long before Lindt could be found easily in our local stores, we packed suitcases with Lindt bars when visiting Switzerland to bring home. The Swiss relatives would visit and open their own suitcases with the wonderful chocolate spilling out, house gifts for us.
Now Lindt is easy to get, so they are not so special. But still the best chocolate.
I can't say that I ever really feel guilty about what I spend or what I eat. There have certainly been times I've felt regretful over imprudent use of financial resources, but that's not the same as feeling guilty.
I try not to feel guilt and other forms of self-flagellation, but I regularly succumb to regret.
Please articulate the difference between guilt and regret.
I’ll start: I have guilt when I’m responsible for something I didn’t want to happen, Causes negativity for others.
I have regret when I wish I didn’t do something that cost an outcome affecting only me.???…???
Someone else can do a better job than I did.
Guilt and regret are both forms of remorse, but guilt is your conscience telling you you shouldn't have done something, and regret is "guilt-lite". I think it's more driven by melancholy and thwarted desire.
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