If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently?

There was a sociological study in which 50 people, each of them over 95 years old, were asked the question: “If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently?” Because it was an open-ended question, they freely gave so many different answers. However, the most frequent points in the various answers were three, and as follows:

If I had to do it over again, I would reflect more.

If I had to do it over again, I would risk more.

If I had to do it over again, I would do things that would live on after I am dead.

Ponder over them; we will return to the lessons from this study later.

Similar research was conducted by a live-in palliative care nurse called Bronnie Ware. For eight years, she cared for the aged and the dying during the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. As she sat with her patients, she asked about their regrets and whether they would do anything differently if they were to live life all over again. Because it was an open-ended question, the stories were vastly different, likewise the circumstances; but common themes emerged. And the top regret was (and still happens to be) “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”

Most people die unfulfilled because they live to satisfy the prescriptions of others, and not what they truly believe in from their deepest internal conviction even when they are free to and additionally have the opportunity.

It also stems from the fact that most people do not know about their true potential. And thus, they make little or no effort to unearth or harness that true or hidden potential; they waste their true or hidden potential. This applies to even religious persons.

Consequences of the actions and inactions of the super-education system.

You are going to be guided to develop the courage to live fully and avoid regrets in life.