I listen to CBC quite often and try to catch the morning show from 8:30 to 10. They have interesting topics and people to interview.
A couple of mornings ago the subject was guilt and in about one minute many things made sense in my life. We have to confront our guilt and solve issues that bother us.
Since I was teacher there is always one situation that amuses me. Every once in a while I meet a former student. The odd one goes on about apologizing for bad behavior. I look at them and I am puzzled. I did not consider that they were poorly behaved. They have felt guilty about their performance and had to make an apology. One guy working on a road crew on my street got out of his truck and marched up to me with an apology and concluded it with, "And I apologise for my friends too." I still get a chuckle out of that one.
A dozen or so posts ago I wrote about breaking the back window in a neighbor's car. I have felt guilt ever since. The man died shortly after and I had no one to apologise to. My friends who stood and watched me get no end of fun by teasing me about this incident.
In the rural area we lived in, houses were rarely locked. Our house was never locked. So when my brother and I were little we would sometimes wander through some of the unlocked houses. Yes, I feel guilty about doing such a thing.
I think most of us have done things that we regret. We feel guilty about it. Sometimes it just has to lie there.
