That Time When I Nearly Died- Diary, August 2013
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That Time When I Nearly Died- Diary, August 2013
A Year to Live,
Noah Levine • Dharma Punx
In the famous book “The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying” author Ware Bronnie, who was caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives, summarized the 5 regrets as follows:
—I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
—I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
—I wish I’d had the courage to express my ... See more
If life is short, we should expect its shortness to take us by surprise. And that is just what tends to happen. You take things for granted, and then they're gone. You think you can always write that book, or climb that mountain, or whatever, and then you realize the window has closed. The saddest windows close when other people die. Their lives ar... See more
paulgraham.com • Life Is Short
It’s the quality of life while you’re alive that matters. If today were your last day on earth, it would only be a tragedy if you hadn’t experienced life properly—if you’d never allowed yourself to experience the sensuality of life, to really live it. What’s the point, if life is just pain, anguish, dysfunction, and worry? But if you’ve managed to
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