Tackling regret before it sets
This morning as I
was going through my feeds and other traffic on my Social Media world, and I happened
upon this article that I was quite persuaded to share.
Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on
their deathbed. Reading through I could not help but realise that I was
once quite vulnerable and close to death but almost in too much pain to have regrets,
I just needed something to deaden the pain and some other thing to keep the
food down. [KarenStan]
Second chances
Beyond that
experience was the hope that I will survive my ordeal, and as soon as I did, I
found myself revisiting places I had been to before just to prove to myself
that I had recovered, even though my life had radically changed.
I am grateful that
I have done things I have never thought possible before my life-threatening
experience and with this new lease of life that I have, it is important that
one handles the issues listed well before they become the pointers of regret
without any more time to fulfil them.
Live your life
Recently, I believe
my writing has been more personal, honest and deep; it is important as I
sometimes tell one of my closest friends that we begin to live our own lives by
coming out of the shadows and wholeheartedly applying ourselves to the pursuit
of goodness, happiness, well-being and fulfilment.
There are parts of
our lives and personalities we have held back in conformity and adaptation to
the environments and communities we belong to that the full expression of who
we are is stifled for convenience, probably fear or even shame.
We live our lives
so different from who we really are, so as to be accepted by people who expect us to
be what we are not. Constantly fending off pressures and interferences with
tact and dissimulation bordering on lies when we must be true to ourselves
whether we be accepted and loved or not, because the deathbed regrets will
always be personal, never communal.
Beyond the wishes
Therefore, I ask
you to review the list and the article, take yourself from the wishing to the
doing and then to the accomplishment. Whilst we are able, strong, healthy and have
the means, there is much to be done until nothing else can be done. Have the courage of your convictions and refuse to be a victim of the circumstances you find yourself in.
If the last
expression is happy and the end seems fulfilled with a smile of satisfaction of
a life well lived, we would have ushered ourselves away from our mortal coils
with a sense of achievement and a story well told after we are gone.
1. I wish I had had
the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I did not
work so hard.
3. I wish I had 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.
Always have this in
mind - You’re free, to do what you want to do
Ultra Naté – Free (1997)
- o - 0 - o -
Where
did we go wrong
Where
did we lose our faith
My
brother is in need
But
can he depend on me?
Do
you think if one of you tried
Maybe
you could find
A
better friend than any other?
If
you gave more than you took
Life
could be so good
Come
on and try, now's the time
'Cause
you're free
To
do what you want to do
You've
got to live your life
Do
what you want to do
Do
what you want
Do
what you want to do
Are
we all strangers?
Does
anyone really care?
Deep
down we're all the same
Trying
to hide our pain
You
think you can never trust another
'Cause they're all out to get ya
We
have to live in this world together
If
we open up our hearts
Love
can finally start
Come
on and try, now's the time
'Cause
you're free
To
do what you want to do
You've
got to live your life
Do
what you want to do
Bridge
when you're down and you're feeling bad
Everybody
has left you sad
Feels
like no one will pull you through
It's
your life, whatcha gonna do?
Make
that change, let's start today
Get
outta bed, get on your way
Don't
be scared, your dream's right there
You
want it, reach for it
'Cause
you're free
To
do what you want to do
You've
got to live your life
Do
what you want to do
Do
what you want
Do
what you want to do
Courtesy
MetroLyrics
Songwriters
Ultra
Naté, Lem Springsteen, John Ciafone
Published
by
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