“Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.”
—Henry David Thoreau
No one escapes this world without a regret or two.
Time and time again, when we hear the final regrets of the dying, they’re not about wishing they’d made money or worked more hours.
They’re almost always about wishing they had the self-confidence to pursue their dreams or the time to stay in touch with loved ones.
Recently, A Plus in partnership with Strayer University’s Ideal Year Initiative, put up a chalkboard on a New York City street and asked passersby to write down their biggest regrets. The people who wrote on the blackboard were from different walks of life, but their regrets were alarmingly similar.
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This article first appeared on 9.16.17