Regrets.

I like to think that I live life without regret. Everything happens for a reason, live life as fully as possible… I do all the things the motivational speakers tout on a regular basis. I recently read article about a hospice nurse who talked about the top four regrets people shared from their deathbed. ‘I regret not following my heart and finding my true purpose’. ‘I regret not having the courage to love others fully’. ‘I regret not having the courage to let others love me fully’. ‘I regret that I judged myself so much and didn’t love myself more’. Numbers 2 and 3 on the list are not a familiar regret to me. I have been blessed with giving and receiving love my entire life. I have no reservations in this area; I have always been able to recognize that folks love in their own way, and even if it wasn’t verbalized very often, it was still felt in both a giving and a receiving capacity. I have been fortunate in the giving and receiving of love. Now numbers 1 and 4 are another story. I’m…