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The top 5 regrets of dying people Updated 21 August 2013 If today were your last day on earth, what

would be your biggest regret? A palli ative nurse who has spent many years counselling people on their deathbeds has w ritten a very moving book which lists the five most common regrets most people r evealed during their last days. The Australian nurse, Bronnie Ware, recorded the dying epiphanies in a blog call ed "Inspiration and Chai", which she later converted into a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Here are the top five regrets: 1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life other s expected of me. Ware says this was the most common sentiment in all the people she counselled an d said that as they looked back on their life they realised how many of their ow n dreams had not been fulfilled. She says, Health brings a freedom very few reali se, until they no longer have it." 2. I wish I hadn't worked so hard. This profound regret was top of the list for all of Ware s male patients as they r egretted spending more time working than with their families. All of the men I nu rsed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence." 3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings. Ware says that many of her patients regretted not revealing their true feelings about certain situations, and therefore living a life that wasn t truly reflective of who they were. Sadly, she says that 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. Many patients expressed regret that they had lost touch with old friends over th e years, being so caught up in their own life that they had let good relationshi ps slide. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying," says Ware. 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier. Ware says this regret was very common in all her patients as they didn t realise un til the end that happiness is a choice". She adds that many of them feared chan ge too much to change their life, and stayed in their comfort zones, which at th e end of the day, didn t leave them fulfilled or happy.

SimonTempler - August 21, 2013 at 20:24 This author is some one too close to rich people dying. The more average and poo r dying in hospital or neglected at home have these 5 regrets: 1 I gave too much of my life up for my children and now I hardly ever see them 2 I should have left that drunk bum many years ago

overweig ht. suntanning.3 I wish I had done more for the needy and the old folks 4 I did not look after my health when I was young. and now I am paying the penalty of dying sooner 5 I should have spent more time with God 9 1 Reply to SimonTempler . smoking.