(I remind you of an excellent short post by Bronnie Ware called «Top Five
Regrets of the Dying».
I read an interesting post yesterday by Bronnie Ware called «Top Five
Regrets of the Dying».
The Quick Hits of Autumn are the sweetest, tinged with the quiet
regret of a dying year.
In her book, The Top Five
Regrets of the Dying, Bronnie Ware, a hospice nurse, writes of the phenomenal clarity of vision people gain on their deathbed.
In doing research for my next book, I read that the No. 1
regret of the dying is, «I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me» followed up by «I wish that I had let myself be happier.»
A great example is the book, The Top 5
Regrets of the Dying, written by Bronnie Ware.
We discussed life purpose, why we are even on the planet, and the five
regrets of the dying, a piece published recently in The Globe & Mail.
The Top Five
regrets of the dying Much to think about in this list, which appears on a website for financial advisers.
Inspired by the real top 5
regrets of the dying, a dark, but colorful crime story is told in third - person perspective.
Nowhere in the top listed
regrets of the dying does it say anything about, «I wish I had worked harder, had a bigger house, or had more money».
Not exact matches
If you
die early, the insurer gets the better
of the deal — but frankly, you won't be around to
regret it.
Who is Bill Nye to slam creationism, he's just a mortal man who will
die one day and
regret his lack
of faith in God like all the rest
of the fools who go down to the pit.
For those who believe in God, I can not fathom that any
of you think God would reject a
dying persons thoughts or
regrets at their failings in life because HIS name was not mentioned.
your message and ways will
die with you and you will be nothing more than a lession
of regret in our history books..
Since all
of our sins were yet future to God when Jesus
died on the cross, He is not surprised by any sin we commit, nor does He ever
regret giving us eternal life and therefore take it back.
When someone
dies, you always
regret that you didn't see more
of them, show your appreciation
of them.
I remembered Brennan Manning — the man who has translated the love
of God in a way that I could receive it more than probably any other writer — was addicted to alcohol and I re-read up one
of his last books before he
died: «All is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir» where he vulnerably writes about what this battle has cost him, even as he experienced the unending and unconditional love
of God in the midst
of it, how he experienced
regret and pain and loss alongside
of the love and tenderness
of God in this dependency.
I was out
of the country when I received the news that Richard John Neuhaus had
died, and to my everlasting
regret, I could not get back for the funeral.
It is so sad that so many atheists will spend most
of their lives fighting and arguing against the very thing that can save them, only to
die and go to hell and then to spend eternity
regretting the fact that they wasted all
of their time arguing about it rather than just accepting it, rather than just believing, and a belief that could have saved them.
hehe well u r the one who is delusional talking about arsenal is in ur bloods well for us arsenal is our blood.whats this with wenger support if its top four that u guys value so much and hve made it more appealing than a epl title wow shame on
of all us see what we hve turned aarsenal into.THIS IS ARSENAL.the moment someone becomes bigger than a club then no way are things okay.ill end with asking my question which has not been answered yet... do u believe wenger will win title with arsenal nxt yeat (epl), do u believe we will be among the strong contenders for the title untill the end when it matters most???? wenger is a smart guy he knows nxt season automatic arsenal will be struggling even for fourth so that is our target and its a shame we fans r ready to waste another year.I am done with this saga we will find out soon enough and I hope and pray we don't
regret giving this so called legend another chance coz I hve screamed, cried, and pple dare call pple who want change not arsenal fans or not
die hards.cheers guys seems top four is safe our annual top fourbparade is in place
If that child knows that her mother
died an agonizing, preventable death because
of one stupid choice, her
regret, like Harry's, will know no bounds.
It was a source
of the deepest
regret and sorrow to Don Dixon, Labour's former deputy chief whip, who has
died aged 87, that he should prove to have been the last Labour MP elected for the constituency
of Jarrow while there was still shipbuilding on the River Tyne.
Churchill's wife Clemmie always
regretted his decision to leave the Liberal Party, and tried hard to dissuade him from accepting the leadership
of the Tory party when Chamberlain
died.
I learned that I was living a life
of regret and didn't want to
die unfulfilled.
«A list
of things that one has not done before but wants to do before
dying», Merriam - Webster's definition is oddly clinical — bucket lists are amongst our most emotive life goals, since these kinds
of one - off life experiences tend to be the things we come to
regret not doing most.
When I first started playing the Metroid Prime series it was on the Wii... and then I laid my eyes on the GameCube version
of this game... At first i didn't like it because I kept
dying, but I learned were to go and what to do... and now I can't play this game without completing it 100 %... If you get the chance to pick up this game or even the Wii version, Metroid Prime Trilogy, do it... you wont
regret doing so.
Despite the efforts
of a strong ensemble cast — featuring Bruce Dern, John Ortiz, Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Jon Hamm, Catherine Keener and Patton Oswalt — the film fails to drive home its point, about the power
of the stuff we leave behind when we
die, with the same emotional punch that the people on - screen seem to be telegraphing: grief, longing,
regret, resentment and sundry other flavors
of moroseness.
The picture addresses the ways in which an ordinary working - class family, poleaxed by the arbitrariness
of their orphaning (the father has
died from an allergic reaction to a bee sting), takes on the burden
of grief and
regret in the wake
of intolerable loss.
Its set pieces are thrilling but are followed by conversations suffused with
regret, sorrow and a rage against the
dying of the light.
In which our hero experiences Hope, the greatest gift * The bacon sandwich
of regret * Somber reflections on capital punishment from the hangman * Famous last words * Our hero
dies * Angels, conversations about * Inadvisability
of misplaced offers regarding broomsticks * An unexpected ride * A world free
of honest men * A man on the hop * There is always a choice They say that the prospect
of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man's mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that, in the morning, it will be in a body that is going to be hanged.
An affecting portrait
of broken dreams and
regret, hope and despair, rediscovery and renewal, Beautiful Maria ties up the loose ends
of a love story that
died with Nestor in The Mambo Kings, but is still very much alive in the heart and soul
of his song, «Beautiful Maria.»
During an interrogation
of an entitled, arrogant man suspected
of giving drugs to a young girl who then
died, Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to
regret.
Currently in the possession
of everything from an NES to the PS4, he has gamed like a king for years, and plans to
die with a controller in his hands whispering the final words «My only
regret... is that I had...bone-itis...»
Rivera wrote that the day Kahlo
died was the most tragic
of his life and he would forever
regret not loving her enough.
It is with very great
regret that Mr. Cenydd Howells, who had been a member
of these chambers for more than 40 years,
died after a short illness on 29 January 2008
That last line is such great advice... give yourself a break when it comes to the little
regrets, and try to live without the big ones... The example you gave about a visiting a
dying man instead
of putting it off — very good advice.