JohnG.Whittier said "of all sad words of tounge and pen, the saddest are these;it might have been"do you agree

Answer 1

Yes, and this is why we are urged to live in the "now". One cannot change what has happened in the past, but we can learn from it and grow into a better tomorrow.

Answer 2

NO...


there is a wiser saying than whittier that goes like this....a very old one from a genius...

and it goes like this.....

'there is nothing, that by good doesn't come' meaning...

what happens, is for the best...and let the rest, to rest..

as long as you take advantage, and work fully, and lvie day by day to the fullest, but mindful of the future....there is nothing you have to worry about...what do you know if what you had wished had passed...would not have brought forth something worse?

Do not question the mysterious forces of the Universe...for they have an order and justice of their own accord...NO..this does not mean fate...jesus christ....

god dammit, god dammit the scoundrel of ....uhm...

it means the Universe hands from your work what you would msot benefit..

don't question what might have happened...for what might have happened, might have been worse than what you had originally thought..

words of wisdom 'there is no bad, that by which good comes its way'

Answer 3

Yes ! Agreed. There can be no saddest word than a word of regret.

Answer 4

I don't agree. That seems to me to be a confession of having made a wrong decision or choice. "If only I had done it this way, it might have been." It is not in that case necessarily sad if the confessor learns from his or another's mistake. He or she can then profit by not doing it or not doing it again.

Answer 5

Yes, I agree. Regret gives painful birth to today, and is the grieving widow of tomorrow.

Answer 6

No. You don't know if the grass is really greener, so "it might have been" amounts to someone looking for reasons to feel sad, as opposed to legitimately having them.

Answer 7

Depends on what is followed with these words.