Time… it’s that one thing we can never get back. The finite nature of time is actually a gift. Its scarcity makes it the most valuable thing we have. Have you ever noticed that when you have eons of time to get something done, your efficiency goes down a lot? Maybe it’s why we procrastinate or why they say if you want to get something done, ask a busy person to do it. (Please tell me I’m not the only one!) The end of a year or season creates that reality check that we need to appreciate time. Many of...
When you envision yourself years from now looking back on your life, what do you see? Do you see a life well-lived, or are you filled with regrets? In the book The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing, author, Bronnie Ware, explores this very subject. As a palliative nurse caring for patients during the last months of their lives, she had the chance to learn the most common things people regretted in their own lives. I haven’t read the book, but an article on The Guardian recently caught my attention. I guess I’m...