The thing about regrets is that the person who made the most mistakes (providing he/she learned from them) would not have one. Mistakes are made by doing the wrong things to others, thinking the wrong things even if you know the right ones, etc. If you learned from your mistakes you would not have any reason to want to go back and change anything that you did. Regrets only exist with missed opportunities. Things that you wish you did but, for some excuse that you made, you didn't. It's definitely a million-dollar question when you're asked what your biggest regret is because missed opportunities exist every moment in all of us. Whether it'd be not learning to play any kind of musical instrument or not marrying your college sweetheart 'til 50 years after. Everything we do has opportunity costs (forgive my Economics point of view). When you decide to do something, you completely abandon doing something else. Regrets are always there but some are not big enough to be categorized as the BIGGEST ones.
Regrets burden us every single day and all we can do is lighten that burden. Lighten them until you reach that point, be able to say, "I have no regrets," and actually believe it.
PS: I like the latter part of the film. After being able to realize their biggest regrets, they turn around and walk away. They decide to go forth and continue living while carrying their heavy baggage just hoping to lighten them the minute they go home.
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