Living a Life of No Regret

What do you want to leave behind when you die? What will you regret not doing, not saying at the before your life is over?

How do we create a 'life well-lived'? These are all questions I have as I age and move closer to death.

Years ago I first heard the phrase 'living a life of no regret'. At that time, in my 40's, it had an impact but not a huge one. At 50 I went into the Peace Corps and one experience while traveling from Belize to Honduras really helped me understand this statement. In a boat in the middle of the Bay of Honduras I was pretty sure we were not going to make it to safety in the middle of the night. I thought then: well, if this is IT, the end, what regrets do I have?

We had hours in the dark and stormy sea to sit and hope for help. In those hours the 'regret' question kept coming up and I realized that before I left the United States and home, I had done a lot of repair work with those I felt I had wronged. Or hurt. Or ignored. That repair work was painful but left me, on that night, feeling clear that I did not have any major regrets. That if our boat sank in the middle of the Bay, although I did not want to die, I would not die with regrets.

So what do you regret? If you were told tomorrow you have a year to live, a month to live, weeks to live...what would you do? Where would you start? I can help if you call/text 360-432-1236.