Regret as an issue every one faces, it seems it is just human nature. We are all different and have our personal regrets, but are there some regrets that are simply universal to all people.
I would argue, yes. I recently read a very intriguing article in the Guardia titled "Top Five Regrets of the Dying." (see article here) According to this article the five biggest regrets of the dying were as follows:
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 hadn't worked so hard.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
Now as I was reading this article, it made sense and seem pretty reasonable to what I would think the regrets of the dying were, However what freaked me out the most when reading this article was how applicable it was to my life. I may not be dying, but in some way every one of these points could fit into my life and the regrets I have so far. After reading this article, I talked about it with a friend of mine who felt the same way as I did. Furthermore, I showed this article to my mom who also felt that these regrets were applicable to her life.
"Top Five regrets of the dying seemed to me to also be "Top five regrets of the living". Although I did not get to discuss this article with an extremely wide variety of people, I believe that most people could find some piece of themselves reflected in these regrets. No matter what age we are, where we come from, our friends and family, our gender, our race, these life regrets seem to me to be universal. What is your perspective on this article and the idea of universal regret?
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