"Do not feel shame — shame is self-loathing and unproductive. Do not even feel regret, as I define it, because it seems you have manifested growth from your realization of mistake. I have made many mistakes in my life but I do not regret a single one of them because I cannot change the past and everything that has happened in my life, whether as the result of my intents and purposes or those of another, have lead to my soul-expanding and ego-merging growth into the person that I am now..." https://marcus17043.medium.com/not-shame-shame-is-self-loathing-and-unproductive-not-even-regret-as-i-define-it-because-it-13dded7cebc