Can we learn from the Regrets of the Dying?

 The top five regrets of the dying:

1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

"Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it."

2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard.

"All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence."

3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
 


4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.



5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

"Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called 'comfort' of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content, when deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again."

What's your greatest regret so far, and what will you set out to achieve or change before you die?


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 Top five regrets of the dying | Life and style | guardian.co.uk