TOP FIVE Regrets of The Dying

Oh yeah! Good idea :)

Thread: After Death = Pre Conception

Have you tried...I dunno...maybe a chipmunk?

And then after death........"I wish that I had received Christ."

This life is but a staging ground for the real show to come. All that matters is our relationship with Jesus Christ.

OP, been thinking about this topic since you posted it. I'm probably closer to dying than you are (age-wise), so that time was very worthwhile.

What I came up with surprised me: I really have no regrets at this point in life. Sure, some decisions weren't as good as others, but even then things have worked out remarkably well.

That is THE best state of mind when you die...

Q. How can anyone have a relationship with a religious concept (jc) ?

A. You can't(~).

All that matters is Our relationship with Our Creator(~).

Perhaps the AC is like me, who since I disagree with the premise of your question would not answer it the same you as you.

I loved that reply!!!

And what if not?

I wish I didn't spend my time on religion(s)?

Top Five Regrets of The Dying
December 1, 2011
By T Kelly

For many years I worked in palliative care.
My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.

People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s 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 I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

2. I wish I didn’t work 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.

Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.

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Here are the most common five:

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 didn’t work 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.


Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.

6. I wish I wouldn't have been so mean to my caretakers when they were young, sweet, and innocent.

Does that mean your taken care of by your children?

LOL, the older I get, the more "liberal" I get!! Funny.

And I always thought it was supposed to be the opposite!!!

It's a phase you go through in your 40s or 50s. It will pass. Don't let it make you do anything crazy that will make you have even bigger regrets to live with.

Thanks for this post, it's making me think about what I should be doing before it's too late.

A friend of mine, Gary, died unexpectedly just a few hours ago.

In our last conversation I remember telling him about this woman I lived with, and that I left her because she was a bitch, then he told me a story about his younger days and a similar situation (before his wife).

I use to think in terms of “If I were to die tomorrow, what would I do today.“ Now that I’m 52, and have done just about everything I ever wanted, I can’t think of anything, other than to fall in love again.

I’ve lost touch with so many friends, but then most of them there wasn’t much of a connection, or real meeting of the minds.

In my life I helped a friend launch his floating island out into a tropical sea, made love to a beautiful woman atop a Maya pyramid, traveled to all kinds of wondrous ruins around the world, surfed a massive thirty foot wave, and so on. I even took an extension college course in past life regression, and have since remembered many, many lives.

I think what gets to me the most is the lack of connection I feel to most people, like I don’t belong on this planet. I can’t think of any reason why I would want to come back here ever again.

My only regret is that I have only one life to live in order to become the first billionaire playboy super-ninja riding a gigantic ninja friendly black unicorn with machine guns for nostrils and knives for hooves.

I would need a black Ferrari to tow my super awesome unicorn and my many ninja weapons so that the weak seeking protection would turn to me and I would help them, for free, and have wicked adventures all the time.

I also would get a super fast jet painted like all black that could cruise at mach 20 that also had a second seat for my unicorn which would serve as weapons officer to defend the world against evil with my super awesome cool ninja powers. And my unicorn.

That would be cool.

The top five regrets of the dying are...

1. I wish I hadn't stood up in the way of that Afghan bullet.
2. I wish I had look to the left as I crossed the street.
3. I wish I'd guess how angry my wife when I shouted at her in the kitchen as she was cutting up the meat with the sharp knife.
4. I wish I had read the label on all those cigarette packets
5. I wish I'd read the reviews about the Ford Taurus before I'd bought one.

Try working on number 3... if it isn't too late.

Good luck.

One of the best threads on the site.

Ah, if only my girlfriend shared these simple rules with me.

As for number 1, I used to be into materialistic goods, driving a nice car, portraying my image in a certain way, but as of lately I find being true to myself is a much better way to live, and people tend to respect and appreciate me more for this.

Number 2, I think working hard is a good thing. And a bad thing. Work hard, play hard, keep it balanced. Don't let it go unbalanced.

Number 3 I'm still working on. lol.

Number 4, I appreciate my friends more now than ever. I respect everyone for who they are and I hope to keep in touch with all my close friends for as long as possible.

Number 5, I try my best at.

It's sad my girlfriend does not share these rules with me. She's all about hard work, no play, does not express herself, does not ever make an effort to see her friends (only me), and does not try very hard to make herself happy. She's always stressed. I still love and appreciate her, she's good at what she does, but she needs to not stress herself out so much and look at the bigger picture.

Don't even get me started on her sister, who tries so hard at not following number 1, always bragging about her money and how much she spends a day and how great she is..

Thanx!

survey says:

I wish I had done this sooner!