Die With No Regrets

After reading an article recommended by Danny which is named “The Top 5 Regrets people have on their deathbed” and it really makes me think a lot about my life.

The Top Five Regrets of The Dying:

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my feelings.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

“People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them.

This is surprisingly common one. Many did not realize until the end that happiness is a choice. They stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of changes had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content.

When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.” ~ Bronnie Ware.

Sometimes, the realistic of life is really confusing almost everyone. We work hard to earn more money, to get a better car, better house, and better lifestyle. You thought you have everything you want and you wish, however, there’s something you will never realize until the day you are dying…

I’m trying to recall back the ‘me’ when was 17 years old, a girl with lot of dreams and passions towards her life. It is very important to try and honor at least some of my dreams along the way. I fought so hard to get myself a chance to study Fashion Design but I know I have never put more then 60% effort into it yet. Sometimes, I do feel shame on me. God gives me a pair of talented hands to draw, to sew and play piano but I never fully utilized it.

It's time to find back my dreams and do something for it. I don’t want to end up my life with full of regrets. I do remind myself, life is so short and it has no repeat. If there’s a single chance for me, I would try everything that I want in my life before I die. It’s always easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled when life is almost over due to the choices they had made or not made and I know that it’s always too late from the moment that we start losing our health.

"Life is a choice.

It is YOUR life.

Choose consciously.

Choose wisely.

Choose honestly.

Choose happiness."