5-21-2014
http://themindunleashed.org/2014/05/nurse-reveals-top-5-regrets-people-make-deathbed-2.html#
Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed
People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someones 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:
1. I wish Id had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.
2. I wish I didnt work 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 Id had the courage to express my feelings.
Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice.
http://themindunleashed.org/2014/05/nurse-reveals-top-5-regrets-people-make-deathbed-2.html#
Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed
People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someones 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:
1. I wish Id had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.
2. I wish I didnt work 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 Id had the courage to express my feelings.
Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice.
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