FREE ESSAY ON GUILT BAD, REMORSE GOOD

GUILT BAD, REMORSE GOOD

There is a big difference between remorse and guilt. Guilt is feeling responsible for
something you are not responsible for. As you read above this is never a good thing to
have happen to you. On the other hand if you feel remorse it means that you had control
of the outcome of a situation but you did not take responsibility for it. If you were
driving down the road and you were going the speed limit and obeying the rules of the
road and a little cat jumped in front of your car and you sent it to kitty heaven it is
not your fault. You couldn't do anything to change the outcome of the situation. On the
other hand if you were driving under the influence and you were swerving and you hit a
kitty on the sidewalk then it would have been your fault. If you don't take
responsibility for your actions then the outcome will most likely be remorse. If you have
remorse for not doing something to avoid hitting the cat then that is a good thing
because you will know better in the future.
One day in the middle of summer me and my friend were chilling in the back of his house
in the woods walking around and trying to keep our balance on a fallen log. We were
walking towards the end of the log and I made a loud noise and he fell of the end and
scraped his back on a broken log limb. I know it wasn't my fault, and it was probably his
clumsiness but I still feel like I am to blame for this incident. The remorse I felt
after this incident happened was very great and I don't think it ever went away totally.

The story that come to mind when I think of remorse is one of my childhood years. During
the earlier years of my life (around13-14) I had access to a paintball gun. These things
are definitely not to be played with and that's exactly what I did. I was walking in the
woods behind my house when I spotted a bird perched on a tree limb and I wanted to shoot
next to him to scare him away. I shot the gun and missed him so I was doing ok. The next
time I saw a bird I had the same idea as before so I took aim and shot. It hit the bird
right in the torso an it just sot of flopped off the tree branch. I felt so bad after
doing this because I had the power to change the situation and not shoot the bird. After
the whole thing unfold I had gone up to my room and almost started to break down because
I had thought of how the bird could have had kids or someone who was expecting it to come
home that night. The whole situation was the worst one I had ever gone through and I will
try to make it never happen again.