"When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'."
— Groucho Marx
If Life Ended Today What Would You Regret
The question really is, if you died today would you die filled with regret or feeling like you did the best that you could with the time that you had?
5 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Two things:
1) Not going to Israel when I had the chance at 18
2) Not listening to my instincts about my ex
The last is tempered by the fact that though my marriage distingerated into violence, I was blessed with a wonderful son
While there are things I still want - to the point of NEED - to do (go to Israel, finish my second novel, see my children reach bar mitzvah, graduate, marry and have children of their own), I am comforted by the fact that I've always made an effort to live honestly and be present to the very best of my ability for the things and people that are most important to me.
5 comments:
Two things:
1) Not going to Israel when I had the chance at 18
2) Not listening to my instincts about my ex
The last is tempered by the fact that though my marriage distingerated into violence, I was blessed with a wonderful son
While there are things I still want - to the point of NEED - to do (go to Israel, finish my second novel, see my children reach bar mitzvah, graduate, marry and have children of their own), I am comforted by the fact that I've always made an effort to live honestly and be present to the very best of my ability for the things and people that are most important to me.
Tough question. And one I have been thinking about lately...
Sea,
Going with our gut instinct doesn't always prove to be accurate. We do the best that we can.
SG,
Good answer.
Richmond,
Yes, there are no easy answers.
The question really is, if you died today would you die filled with regret . . .
Yes. Certainly, decidedly, indisputably, and without question, yes.
. . . or feeling like you did the best that you could with the time that you had?
Unfortunately, no. Not even close.
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