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Have No Regrets: Be Happy

Published on December 11, 2023

Lori Boxer
Weight★No★More℠ Diet Center

 

 

Bronnie Ware spent several years working in palliative care caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called “Inspiration and Chai,” which gathered so much attention that she put her observations into a book, “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying,” published in 2011. 
 
One of those top 5 regrets was “𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑟.”
 
She wrote:
 
“𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜-𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 ‘𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡’ 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠. 𝐹𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛.”
 
This shows that people felt that while attaining their happiness was in their control, they somehow didn’t allow themselves to do the things that would make them happy.
 
Too often what we want most — or will be best for us — is often what we most resist.
 
Happiness isn’t a destination at the end of our journey.
 
It isn’t something we chase to get to it.
 
It is a daily choice.
 
Happiness fuels our success – not the other way around.
 
You 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 to be slim and healthy.
 
It’s 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 to be slim and healthy.
 
Stop the resistance.
 
Go at it. Every day.
 
Be happy. 😊