These are the five most common deathbed regrets

Metro ^ | Feb 25, 2015 | Yvette Caster

[ConservativeMind]

Well said.

[ConservativeMind]

Have you been able to tell her those words?

[volare737]

Of all sad words,
of tongue or pen,
The saddest words are,
it might have been.

John Greenleaf Whittier

[T.B. Yoits]

Deathbed regret?

Needed more cowbell.

[minnesota_bound]

One regret wuld bee mispelling on a Free Republic post and unable to correct it.

[alexander_busek]

Regards,

[who_would_fardels_bear]

My mom's adjustable bed was so high off the ground that it was a trip/fall hazard. I tried to find a decent mattress that was thinner, but the best I could do was 10" which helped a bit, but not perfect.

The real problem was that her small bathroom had the sink in a way that made it difficult for her to maneuver into there with her walker.

Little things were the biggest problems.

[alexander_busek]

Spending life doing mediocre work, when you might have done good work, is no way to live.

The world needs shoeshine boys, too.

Thank you for your service!

Regards,

[Pajamajan]

Bookmark.

[21twelve]

Your sentiments (or is it from a poem/song?) reminded me of some lyrics from “The Garden” - the last song of the last album from RUSH.

“The future disappears into memory
With only a moment between
Forever dwells in that moment
Hope is what remains to be seen”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_GdWKqgTM4

[Organic Panic]

These regrets sound awfully metrosexual to me. I have none of those regrets. And I’m still alive. None of those regrets will haunt you if you stop giving a crap what anyone thinks of you.

[frank ballenger]

Thanks very much.

[frank ballenger]

Insightful.
Best philosophical comments of the day.

There is no argument against you for that.
Thanks.

[21twelve]

“...if you stop giving a crap what anyone thinks of you.”

I was telling my daughter (in the presence of my wife) how I had to wear leather dress shoes until I was a teen due to orthoditics that were placed in between the sole and the shoe. No sneakers until I was probably 15 or so. Lots of teasing, but they worked. (Now of course they make the ones that slip into the shoe!)

My wife quipped “No wonder you don't care what anybody else thinks about you.”

[maddog55]

I have one regret and I tell my wife of now 51 years that if hadn’t been for her I’d have been a rock star and she’d have been a widow for 50 years.

Reality, I have no regrets. Been a good run and everyday since about 45 has been a freebee. Never expected to live this long.

[Bob434]

Sorry youmare going through that- we had a similar thing happen in our auto family-

i D9nt know if it would help, but we had an aunt who had a falling out with her children, and her sister, my mom, after many years of the children having nothing to do with her sister, our aunt, called the children try8ng to be a peacemaker, and explained that if their mother should die before they at least made peace with her, it would hurt them the rest of their lives. It took a few discussions, but they eventually agreed, and took the first step to recovering a relationship with her.

She died a few years later, but the few years she had at the end were made much better because my mom took the hard initiative to reach out to,the kids- she didn’t know how,they wouod,take it, whether they would come to hate her too, but fortunately they listened, and were later grateful to her for doing so.

Is there perhaps someone you can have intervein in your behalf that they might listen to to explain how,life is too,short to die with bad feelings towards others?

[Poser]

I regret not having a 1941 Willys with a 502 crate motor.

[fini]

"But if I could go back and fix my regrets but it would change where I am now, I would not do it. I am blessed and lucky where I am."

I have thought the same thing. I have made some serious errors, which had life changing results. But I am in a very good place now, so maybe my errors allowed me to make better decisions later. Or maybe God used me despite my faults.

[Nifster]

Hey very catchy. Maybe we can make a song of it?

[Nifster]

Ba da bing