People; they are born, live and die. What we experience between our birth and death defines us. All the loves we experience, all the work stresses, all the health problems, all our happiness, all our sorrows, all our journeys are between these two points we call birth and death. If we can’t do what we want between this point, we have a regretful ending. In order not to experience this, we must continue our lives by inferring from people who have lived wrongly before.
Australian nurse Bronnie Ware has worked as a palliative care nurse in England for 8 years. Ware, who was with her in the last weeks to comfort the dying patients, took note of what these people regretted in the last chapter of their lives. Ware, who talked with his patients, later brought these memories together in the book “5 things we regret the most before we die”. Today, we will present to you 5 things that people regret before they die, which Ware explained on his blog. By looking at the regrets in this content, we can learn a lesson for ourselves.
5 things people on their deathbed regret
I wish I had the courage to fulfill my dreams instead of living as others expect me to.
According to Bronnie Ware, people are; When they realize that their lives are coming to an end and look back, they realize that they did not achieve most of the things they dreamed of, and they regret it.
I wish I didn’t work so hard.
Nurse Ware states that most of the male patients, especially, regret that they cannot spare enough time for themselves, their families and friends because of their work.
I wish I had the courage to express my feelings.
Noting that many people suppress their feelings and emotions in order to keep their relations with others at a certain level, Ware emphasized that suppressed emotions have extremely negative effects on human health.
I wish I continued my relationship with my friends.
Stating that people focus too much on their own lives and therefore they lose their relationship with their friends, Ware said that he realized when he was on his deathbed, that dying people missed their old friends the most.
I wish I had allowed myself to be more happy.
Bronnie Ware states that most people do not realize that happiness is essentially a ‘choice’ until the moment of death approaches; He stated that people adhere strictly to their old habits just for the sake of living comfortably.
Ware said that people who do not want to give up their habits, in other words, who have ‘fear of change’, have destroyed their chance to be more happy with their own hands; He noted that his patients, who are in their last days of life, expressed their regrets by saying “I wish I had laughed more” and “I wish I had not been so afraid of doing stupid things”.
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