Comment by Spooky23

What an obnoxious piece. Sorry people’s deathbed regrets don’t entertain you, bro.

Most of us live our lives under the illusion of being in control. As death approaches, many people realize they cannot control their fate and often observe or think of choices they did not make, when they had that agency.

As my mom reached the end, she was very worried about things being taken care of. The house insurance, the taxes, a few other items. Then she talked about things we wouldn’t experience (She was annoyed that she didn’t get to read Robert Caro’s still unpublished last book together), and then a few regrets about things that were done or not done.

This translation of Aeschylus always captures this subject for me:

“He who learns must suffer, and even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God”

Wisdom comes from suffering sometimes, and sometimes the most important wisdom you learn seems simple and trite, or is it?