2017.10.03 09:22
What is the one thing you should have told someone before it's too late?
Interested in getting better at being human
Last week I woke up to a text message from my roommate Nick at 11:51pm. He was just wondering if I was awake. As I looked at the message I had a weird feeling, I can’t really explain it, but it was one of those times where you felt something was off. Nonetheless I went back to sleep as I had an early appointment early in the morning. When I got home the next day around 7:30am I noticed I had a missed call from my Dad and a text message from him as well that read “call me when you can.”
1. We think three ways: With our head, with our heart, and with our gut.
You were thinking with your head or your heart. Trust you’re gut, that’s where your true essence lies. It can be tough to decipher which one we should be using at any given time but my Grandmother was a gut thinker, she knew what her values were, she understood intuition and she made decisions based on that. Don’t get me wrong, she was extremely intelligent and more loving than anyone should be but she knew who she was and wasn’t about to be anything other than that. 2. Have an opinion and don’t be afraid to share it: Life is way to short to worry about what others think, you have no control over the actions, thoughts, emotions, and opinions of others so there’s no sense in worrying about it.
Never be afraid to be the person you really are, to speak your mind, or share your thoughts. There are over 7 billion people in this world, go ahead and offend some of them, ruffle some feathers, and shake things up.
Don’t keep your passions hidden. Share them with the world, you owe it to the rest of us. 4. You’re not entitled to anything so don’t act like it: I honestly can never remember a time where my Grandmother expected something to be handed to her. She was one of the most independent people I have come across in my entire life and I’m guessing she’s the reason I value the trait so much. She lived by herself in a two-story house in Vienna, VA and I can remember begging her to come live with me and the rest of the Fam. “Why would I want to do that,” she used to tell me. “I have everything I need right here, plus I get to give you kids back at the end of the day.” I think I may have got my sarcasm from her as well. Aside from that she made me work for everything. If I wanted something or said I needed something she’d make me work for it, I had to earn it. Hell, I bet I could have told this lady I needed a new kidney and she’d make me rake the leaves in the lawn or something. 5. As you age the less you care about material things and the more you care about the relationships you have: Bronnie Ware, a palliative nurse in Australia who counsels the dying in their finals days recorded the top five regrets of the dying. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
You’ll notice that there is no mention of bungee jumps, nice cars, big homes, the newest technology, more sex, or a slice of cheesecake.
“We’re all on the same team,” she told me. We might not always get along but in the end we’re all on the same team. Not for the things you bought me or the places you took me but for the soul and love that you left me. It’s true, you are never really gone when you go. There’s a little bit of Betty in me when I wake up every day and lay my head to rest every night. From my severe desire for independence and freedom, to my opinionated voice, and to my relentless passion and enthusiasm to milk everything I can out of this life and to help others do the same. |
2017.10.03 09:52
2017.10.03 17:47
If you ask me, WM, "What is the thing you should have told someone before it's too late?',
It would be "Love" as the author concluded as his answer, i.e., "I love You", "I Love My
Hometown", "I Love My Alma Mater", "I Love My Motherland", and so forth.
Let me introduce you, WM, what I wrote in the past after I received email from my dear
childhood friend in Korea after he lost his beloved wife.
http://jinjuhighschool.com/free_board_korean/61203
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After reading this essay, the whole thing looks like something I should have written for myself.
"What is the one thing you should have told someone before it's too late?"
In my life, such occasions came to me a few times and I failed to do so !!
Well, I had a few excuses for not having done it but still I failed to say what I should have said.
The author of the essay wasn't there to say it.
I wasn't there as well to say anything.
Would I have said it when I was there while it wasn't too late ??
This person wrote it for himself but it appears for me too, but only too late.
His story touches my heart. So I decided to share it with you.
You may have your own feelings about his essay.