- Yesterday in the middle of a not-very-interesting computer animation about a young man who loses his father to cancer and develops a protecting insensibility that turns almost lethal, a sentence (not a citation, poor memory):
He learned that if you don't lose hope on time, there will be nobody left to say good-by to.
- Today some guardian article about Bronnie Ware, a long-time nurse in palliative care who made a list of the most frequent death-beds regrets she heard:
1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to
myself, not the life others expected of me.
... "Health brings a
freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.
2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard.
"This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed
their children's youth and their partner's companionship."
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
"Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace
with others. ... Many developed
illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a
result."
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
" There were
many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort
that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are
dying."
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
" Many did not realise
until the end that happiness is a choice....Fear
of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that
they were content, when deep within, they longed to laugh properly
and have silliness in their life again."
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