Regrets of the Dying

So, what do you regret?

I remember making a resolution as a late teen that I would live my life in such a way that when I cross the finish line I would not have any regrets.

There are very few decisions made in my teens that still hold sway in my life. This remains one.

While sitting in the Newark Airport on my way home from London, I ran across this article. I wonder what you’ll think – and I wonder if you live with regrets?

People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:

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