Top 5 Regrets of The Dying People

[Big Blue Sky]

A palliative nurse recorded the most common regrets of the dying people

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 hadn’t worked 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.


Source: http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/07...dying.html

[Faith No More]

Well, at the age of 34 I can unequivocally state that #2 and #3 are not a problem for me.

If I were a betting man, I would guess that #1 would be the issue on the list I will most regret.

[pineapplebunnybounce]

So far, I don't see myself regretting these things. But I'm 21. Number 3 is probably only thing on this list that could be what I would regret. So far I don't.

I do regret not working hard enough sometimes. I feel like my work has meaning and I'm making small changes that could mean a lot to a small number of people. So I don't think it's time wasted. It's a good investment so far.

[Rayaan]

[Crossless2.0]

With all due credit to George Carlin:

6. I should've fucked ol' what's-her-name.

[paulpablo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFpMEtBTxHU

[One Above All]

My only regret (or rather, the only one I'll really care about) will be that I didn't learn enough.

[paulpablo]

It depends what I do as to what I regret, what I regret. What I regret right now is not punching enough people in the face when I was a child and young enough to get away with it without getting a criminal record, and not being as sexually active as I wanted to be in my teenager years, but who knows how I might have turned out if I had gone round punching and fucking.

[Whateverist]

What? No one regrets not praying to God more often?

[Captain Colostomy]

My grandmother, on her deathbed, was asked this by my mother. Her response-

'I wish I would have left your father'. (Way to kill the mood...my grandfather was present.)


My mom also worked at a old folks' home. She could tell you that one regret not mentioned would be lack of masturbation. She told me those old geezers were always firing one off.