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Biggest regrets of the living revealed - by nikhil

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I don’t know how everyone else’s social media feeds look, but as I scrolled hither and thither a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a photo of a newspaper clipping titled “Biggest regrets of the dying revealed.” The short article explained that a palliative carer had written a book about the most common regrets that she’d heard through her work. Three of the top five regrets have to do with people wanting to be more honest and authentic. In retrospect, these people realized that the most important things were to be true to themselves, or more honest about their feelings, or to simply let themselves be happier. Everything that prevented those things probably seemed so small in comparison, in the clear vision of the dying. For a long time, I’ve stated that I have no regrets. I confidently plant my feet into the ground and say it fully with my chest. At some point after high school, I decided on this approach to regret, believing that it would prevent me from looking back rather than forward,

I don’t know how everyone else’s social media feeds look, but as I scrolled hither and thither a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a photo of a newspaper clipping titled “Biggest regrets of the dying revealed.” The short article explained that a palliative carer had written a book about the most common regrets that she’d heard through her work. Three of the top five regrets have to do with people wanting to be more honest and authentic. In retrospect, these people realized that the most important things were to be true to themselves, or more honest about their feelings, or to simply let…

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