The five most common regrets before dying... by Bronnie Ware....

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Yesterday while watching a documentary titled "End Game" by Neflit, I was referred to Bronnie Ware's work titled "The five most common regrets before dying", actually death is considered a sad topic when it comes to be treated, however, it is a reality, that one day life ends for everyone. It was enough for me to read the prologue, as well as to investigate with some depth in some online pages, to understand what it was about, Bronnie Ware is a writer of Australian origin "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronnie_Ware", who dedicated part of her life to the care of terminally ill patients, who for "x" or "y" reasons were destined to die. The very process of accepting that it is our turn to leave is sufficient cause to mature to the point of considerably increasing our capacity to grow, to experience new emotions such as fear, anger, remorse, and even regret. According to Bronnie Ware, during her research, she has recorded in this book, the five most common regrets in this phase of life, which I list below and try to make my assessment in each case: 1) I wish I had had the courage to live an authentic life for myself, not the life that others expected of me. - It is normal to think when we are on the edge of the abyss, in all that we left pending in our lives, as well as in all those projects we left unfinished, to look more at what we expected of ourselves over what a third party projected of ourselves. 2) I wish I had not worked so much. - In a certain way work consumes a great part of the time of our lives, which is the only time we have for everything, for our families, for moments of fun, for doing what we like and what fills us, unfortunately time cannot be seen independently of each activity we do, much less does it come to us by some kind of specific assignment. 3) I would have liked to have the courage to express my feelings. - It is very common that many feelings are not expressed to the fullest when it comes to the people around us, in our family, work or social environment, perhaps to avoid maintaining harmony with the rest, in a terminal situation, we might wish to have unburdened ourselves in this sentimental plane. 4) I regret not having kept in touch with my friends. - The very fact of uncertainty of death itself and not knowing what is after it, makes us miss those people who will no longer be by our side and this can lead us to think that they are the ones who are leaving instead of ourselves, it is very usual to miss those friends, who perhaps were not treated as they deserved, here could also include family members, from the closest to the most distant. 5) I wish I had allowed myself to be happier. - At the end of our life, perhaps the very fact of achieving a certain degree of maturity, leads us to build a more real concept of what happiness is, and the mere fact of having taken the wrong path, makes us reconsider to such an extent that the very fear of knowing that there is no turning back, causes us to regret not having been happy enough. I hope and wish you have enjoyed this journey, which for being sad and moving, does not cease to be attractive to good debate, all with the intention of adding my point of view to each of the five regrets proposed by Bronnie Ware in his book "The five most common regrets before death", where I am clear that each of them can give rise to a fruitful circle of debate on this issue itself, on "the last days of life of any human being", where we can see ourselves identified at some point in our lives. I wish you all an excellent day, best regards.