During an interview
session with the elderly and the terminally ill people, it was discovered that
most of them do not regret the things they have done but rather about the
things they have not done.
The following
excerpts were from one Nadine Stair, an 85 years elderly man. He spoke the
following …
I'd dare to make more
mistakes next time.
I'd relax. I would
limber up.
I would be sillier
than I have been this trip. .
I would take fewer
things seriously.
I would take more
chances.
I would take more
trips.
I would climb more
mountains and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice
cream and less beans.
I would perhaps have
more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I'm one of
those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I've had my
moments and if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them.
In fact, I'd try to
have nothing else; just moments - one after another, instead of living so many
years ahead of each day.
I've been one of
those people who never go anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a
raincoat and a parachute. If I had it to do again, I would travel lighter next
time.
If I had my life to
live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later
in the fall.
I would go to more
dances.
I would ride more
merry-go-rounds.
I would pick more daisies.
Editor’s Note:
What would you do if given another privilege?
But note this; you
may not be able to undo the past but you can schedule a great future from now.
Cheers!
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