Hi,
Approximately 55.3 million people die each year. I have
written the top 5 regrets in the western world. I am not writing this post to
be sad, about the amount of unhappy people; I am writing it to explain what
people can do, to avoid becoming one of them:
5. I wish I had let myself be happier.
People seem to think that they have no control over their
emotions. This is not true, although people don’t have very much control they
do have some. For example when you smile (Weather you mean it or not.) your
body releases a chemical that makes you feel happy, so smiling (Weather you
mean it or not.) can help you feel happier. Also however hard it is sometimes
people just have to let go and have a good time, this is a choice that will
make people happier so they can “Let themselves be happy.”
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
When you have an old friend it can seem a bit unimportant,
but friends are so under rated and staying in touch can make life better in the
long run. “If only I had just called her/him once.” Basically take good care of
your friends because one day you could be the one regretting it. People need
friends; in Africa, some western people tried putting a basket of fruit on the
ground and having a race with a group of small children. The first child to
reach the fruit won it all. The children lined up and when the race began they
all held hands and ran to the fruit together, so they all won it. The western
people asked why they had done it, and they said ‘Ubuntu’ which means ‘I am because
we are’ they all depend on each other.
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
Obviously people say ‘I will let them have what they want
for a quiet life.’ But is a quiet life better? Also, how many movies have
you seen, which would only have been half an hour long, if the hero/heroine had
just told the love interest how they felt. I know life is not like a movie, but
telling the truth can solve so many problems.
2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
This is a good one as people say that working hard all your
life is a good thing. It is but only if it makes you happy, how many people do
you know who don’t like their jobs. Another way to look at this one is ‘I wish
I had spent more time with my family.’ This is common since so many people work
and their children all go to school all day. Some guy wrote a song about it:
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true
to myself, not the life others expected of me.
This is the most common regret which is sad because every
Disney movie seems to have this message. Be true to yourself. The problem I
always had with this, is that I didn’t know who ‘Myself’ was. I didn’t know who
to be, so I decided to be true to the person I want to be, rather than the
person I am. Who wants to be true to all their bad habits anyway? So the moral
of this story is watch lots of Disney movies!
Seriously though, if I want to work in McDonalds for the
rest of my life I will, and I’ll be happy. (I don’t want to work in McDonalds
for the rest of my life by the way.) And I will do what I want to do because I
can. What about you?
I got the top 5 regrets from this website, you should check
it out:
So live long and prosper!
Bye.
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