Don't ever forget to feel pure joy

What does people regret the most when they are lying on their deathbeds? An Australian nurse named Bonnie Ware used to talk to dying patients about this subject and felt like their answers needed to be passed forward. She ended up writing a book called "The Top Five Regrets of The Dying" and that is now triggering thoughts all over the world. The number one thing that people regretted was that they hadn't followed their dreams. Instead they had been listening too much to what their friends and families thought they should and should not do. Some also said that they had lived a certain way of life just because they were expected to do so by society. The most common answer among men was that they deeply regretted working so hard. Many of them had missed out on big parts of their children's lives and hadn't spent enough time with their wives.

A lot of people were bitter because they hadn't had the courage to stand up for themselves and the result of that had been a medioker life. They had been so scared of ruining the harmonious spirit in their household that they thought that some changes would ruin it all. Because of this, they hadn't allowed themselves to be truly happy. They had forgotten that happiness is a choice, not something that is anywhere near pretending being pleased and concent.

These are the five things that they, after all of these years, finally realised. I won't be one of them. I refuse to. In one week I am going to London which is just one of the choices that I have made in my life to fulfill my dreams, to feel true passion and love for life. Money is sometimes an issue when you want to fulfill your dreams, but my advice is to focuse on some other dream while you wait! Just pick and choose from the dreambox that I know you have. One dream doesn't have to rule out the other. One part of me wants to rock my soul out to gigs and stay up all night. Just once in a while though, because the other part of me wants to stay healthy, exercise and make sure that I do good in school. Because without good grades I'll never be a kindergarten teacher. It all has to match. Don't waste your life away by becoming an alcoholic, but don't be a overachiever either. Find the balance. That beautiful harmony between work and life that these people were missing on their deathbeds. Let us learn from their mistakes.

Me and my lil sis

Don't ever forget to feel pure joy like this, even when you are an adult.