Regrets of the Dying

I came across this webpage because I think Maria Shriver mentioned it in one of her tweets. I looked it over and found it to be inspiring. http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html It's been some time since I looked at the page and I have been surprised how often I still think about the time that I read it,so since it isn't going away in my own head, I decided to share it with you on here. Here is a summary of the five most common regrets of the dying, according to Bronnie Ware: 1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2. I wish I didn't work so hard. 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. I haven't done any research to validate the work of Bronnie Ware, so don't hold me to that. With that being said, I did like this list. I think it reminds us of the important things in life and these items can guide us in the choices we make while we are still alive. As I have mentioned before, I am reading the Happiness Project and a couple of items from that book relate to this subject. The first is, "The days are long, but the years are short". I love this. How many times do we think the day will never end? And then at the end of the year say "that year went by fast". And the second is an epitaph that I had read before, but she mentions it in her book: "Remember, friends, as you pass by,/As you are now so once was I./As I am now, so you must be./ Prepare yourself to follow me./" Morbid stuff stuff, I know. The point is to make the most out of what you have today and tomorrow. And if you aren't on that path-why not? and What do you have to do to get there, and be there daily? And the final quote is from Woody Allen: "I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens".