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Why would I optimize my entire life for a few minutes at the end of it. That makes no sense at all.
by isaacfrond 3y ago
Why would I optimize my entire life for a few minutes at the end of it. That makes no sense at all.
- H8crilA 3y agoThat's not the point at all. The dying people described here were just more honest in their last moments. The lady who couldn't have one friend among her family because of her wealth, the old bitter man who couldn't process losing his wife - they suffered for decades. Possibly because of their own decisions. They did not have some bad last minutes, they had some bad last decades, and then minutes of reckoning.
- finnjohnsen2 3y agothis sounds too harsh, but I agree fully
- kstenerud 3y agoIt's not about what you experience at the end of your life, but rather how you live your whole life leading up to it. People regret the things that held them back from being happy and loved and fulfilled. Their regrets during the last moments of their lives are moments of clarity when, with the noise of life removed, they finally notice the things they've been doing / not doing all these years that were hurting them and preventing their enjoyment of life. I took such advice to heart at 22, and have lived a VERY colorful life for the past 26 years after vowing to never have regrets over what I DIDN'T do.