Our choices don’t really come out of nowhere. They’re influenced by what we were taught, what we lived through and what we carried longer than we should have. That doesn’t remove responsibility, but it does call for compassion. Toward others AND toward yourself. Some of the things you regret weren’t made from carelessness or rebellion, but from survival. From doing the best you could with what you had or knew at the time. Certainly, God knows that. He knows your whole story. And He meets your whole story with grace. You should too.