Surprisingly, too little money, sex, fast cars or expensive holidays did not feature in the Top Five Regrets of the Dying

The Top Five Regrets of the Dying tended to focus on more fundamental issues such as: 1. ‘I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me’ which was the most common regret amongst both men and women.

When we are young and saddled with few responsibilities we tend to do crazy impetuous things and as a young student I was no exception. At the time I attended college amongst the beautiful mountains of the Lake District and on one sunny winters day my friend suggested climbing a mountain. Everybody knows that young men are invincible and bad things only happen to other people so the fact that it was the middle of winter and that we did not have the necessary equipment were of no consequence. Continue reading →