What Do Most People Regret At The End Of Their Life?
My conversations with patients near the end of their lives.
We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow. Fulton Oursler
I have been fortunate enough to work with some amazing people in my career. I don’t mean nurses; I am referring to my patients.
I have been a nurse for 16 years. Working in intensive care and medical-surgical units.
I spent a lot of time with my patients and enjoyed having deep meaningful conversations in critical times of their lives.
Many of them would tell me all their friends have died and their families do not talk to them. They were seen as either a “burden or old”. This broke my heart, plus I loved to ask them all kinds of questions about their lives.
It was a walk down memory lane for them and for me it was knowledge.
We take the elderly for granted in our society when we should honor them. They have so much knowledge.
Believe me — I’ve done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don’t regret the crazy stuff. Jean-Claude Van Damme
