Good thread, and I think you will get a lot of responses for this one.

As for me. On my right wrist I have "No Regrets" tattoed on me. Its pretty much my life motto. I don't believe (for me personally) in having regrets. I have been through a crap load in my life (which is pretty sad, being only 24 and feeling about 40) and I have had some pretty horrific things done to me, which will be with me for the rest of my life. I have done things I am not proud of etc. But do I regret any of it? Nope. Why? In my eyes, if you can't make mistakes and grow from them, how do you learn? I once had someone ask me if I could have a magic wand waved over me to take away every bad thing that has ever happend to, would I do it. My response? No. I honestly wouldn't. Because the things that have happend to me, the things I have done, the lessons that I have learned have made me who I am. Without those things, I am not me. I would be a completely different person. Everyone in life will make mistakes, but its how you deal with them that matters. You learn from them and you do grow as a person. Thats the sort of stuff that shapes you. HTH, really just my own opinion lol