What You Can Learn from
Other People's Regrets
egrets. We all have them — things said or done; things left unsaid or undone. Paths that weren’t followed; opportunities missed due to fear or inse- curity. The list is long, but one of the biggest regrets in life reported by a large number of people is not being there for someone at the end of life. In other words, being too busy with “life” to tend to those near death. Interestingly, while a regret can be
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phrased either as an action or as an inac- tion (“I wish I had not quit high school,” versus “I wish I had stayed in high school”),
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regrets framed as actions tend to be more emotionally intense than regrets about inactions, but inactions tend to be longer lasting.
Emma Freud, a columnist for The
Guardian, recently explored themes of regret on social media, covering everything from relationships, work-life balance and personal passions, to addiction, illness and death. If you’re so inclined, you can take a look at some of the thousands of re- sponses she received. (The Guardian No- vember 1, 2017) Chances are, you’ll rec-
ognize yourself in some of them. Top Five Regrets of the Dying According to Bronnie Ware, a former
palliative care nurse who ended up writing a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, based on her conversations with the dying, the biggest, most commonly cited regrets at the end of life are — beginning with the most common regret of all:
1. Not having the courage to live a life
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