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Now this isn’t going to be quite as macabre as it may seem at first glance so please bear with me for a while.

At some time in the future you are lying on your death bed and your thoughts turn to your past life and you think – I wish I had done ………

What would be your answer?

Mine would have to be “I wish I could have learned to play the piano like “Fats” Waller.

It’s probably too late for me to learn now but you younger people don’t let your dream slip by you. Make an effort so that when the time comes instead of thinking “I wish I had done ………” you can remember that you did.

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I think mine will be 'i wish i had had done more before i had my child' dont get me wrong my life is now complete now i have jack, but until you have a child i don't believe anyone can understand how much it stops you from doing-or maybe it was just my naivity??People told me it would be a shock and i tried to prepare myself but hey-it still wasn't enough.

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Time left yet (I Hope!!!)

But I want to travel round east Asia (Vietnam/cambodia/China/ etc)

Safari, to see 'proper' animals in their environment where in their eyes I'm lunch/dinner/tea all rolled into one.

Himalayas would be nice as well.........Helicopter to top of everest please!!!

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i dont wish i'd done anything other than the things ive already done, i had a great childhood,even better teenage years (thanks to tinks) ive never regretted anything ive ever done, i live life as i want to live it, i take my son all over the country so he's not stuck in all the time, i couldnt of asked for a better life :D....great thread jambutty :D

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don't want to seem funny flashy but that tells us what you've done, not what you 'want' to do


tell us your dreams.........................(no not that one! :D )

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Mine would be - I wish I had more confidence in myself and believed in myself more. I have always been a shy and unconfident person which I feel has let me down at times.

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i wished i could go to see my friend who lives in australia ...i wanted to go when i was 60yrs old (my pressie to me )....but fate took a hand & went in in my 51st year ooooo that was the best thing id ever done up till then .....apart from having my children & so forth......sorry got no dreams just want a happy life, till i pop my clogs

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......Travelled more before I had Harry. But hey, I can always do some when hes older. Theres always time.

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lolly, I have my eye on www.intrepidtravel.com some 'stunning' trips on there

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Easy NOT GOT MARRIED!!!

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hey Spuggie, it taught you something!!! therefore it was a worthwhile experience :D

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surely thats a regret rather than a 'i wish i had done.....'??

Although my motto for life is 'never regret what felt right at the time'.

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Taught me women are as dangerous as wild African Cats.

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If you look at it that way true but its the same the other way.


I wish i had done the smart thing and not got married.

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Nah, if you 'hadn't' got married you might not have known!!!


:D

Afican wildcats, now why does that seem familiar :D :D :D :D :D

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VERY TRUE. :D

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Mine would have to be ...I wish i,d done better in school and made more of my future ..
I was more than capable to come through school and get good results had i have taken more time to put into school what it was offering me ,but at the time my priority were my mates and having fun and i left half way through my exam year so left with nothing , but looking back i can see i wasted my education and my life would have been so very different had i put my mates to one side and studdied more . Although I am very happy with my life i do sometimes think how different it could have been ...

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I wish I'd have gone more graciously water ski-ing with my late Dad.

He loved messing about on his boats, and when I think of him now, it is always with a massive grin on his face, whilst jumping the boat's wake, and signalling to go even faster.

Once I'd mastered as much as you can do, on one or two skis, I didn't have the same enthusiasm for it as my Dad did. On holidays, or when I was home for the weekend, I reluctantly went with him and my Mum, to drive the boat. You need a driver and someone to watch and throw the roap.

When he was dieing, half an hour before it happened, I told him at Easter we could go down to their cottage in Pembrokeshire, and that we would have a great time ski-ing together. Both he and I knew this wasn't going to happen, but it was nice to imagine it might, if even for a second.

So...I wish I'd done more things with my Dad, and done a small thing more willingly that made him ecstatically happy. A Dad most of my friends would have given their right arm to have.

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MMM Jambutty great thread, but i already had to face that quite litterally, beleive me when u are on the death path that somehow happens itself, in a way death scares the crap out of me even more cos i sort of know what comes altho was lucky to get a 2nd shot at things, so got to do or change things because of that realisation 8years ago & ever since i do try to grap the horns of life when opportunities come my way - gee take them u have nowt to lose!! Something that came to me at that time cos the life i had beforehand i really wasted, didnt take opportunities always thought i was kind of invincible that they would come round again & i so took my life oh so much for granted that i wasted it on drifting thro it, missing chances, not taking action on things that i should of, lacked any beleif life is for living, lived on hope things will change than doing owt to action it, saw everything as doom & had no appreciation for my life at all, always thought i deserved nothing, i defenately wished i had enjoyed my life as i didnt & settled for so much less than i should of, rushing life too quickly all before 23 & then when i nearly went - my last dying thought was i wouldnt reach 30!!

BUT NOW!

Glady can say since i got my 2nd life - that i have changed, im very defensive of living & taking nowt for granted - hey i reached 30, every birthday im alive is special for being on earth one year older - age is very immaterial, stopped wishing my life away - gee even try to slow time down LOL!!

Regrets i have a few but all a growth & learning curve thats made my life stronger, yeh spug im with u on marraige but least we know what its about & not be keen to do it again, but as they say how do u know until u try, thankfully that lesson learnt & out of the way, hey done too many things the hard way LOL! Trouble is i know a little too much of this wise stuff a bit young LOL!!

Now im wanting to do as much as i can to enhance the happiness of my life - not just wishing....wishing is a bit of a wasted time ... just go for it! Thing is u cant change the past but u can change your future, so its never too late:D. & yeh some life circumstances i cant change but making the absolute best of them till i can change them:D

A song that sums this thread upto me is that Bon Jovi one - Its my life...


Chorus:
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
(It's my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life

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oooooww i love that song mel...........

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Also another piece of advice ---- be very careful what u do wish for or least think carefully & specifically - cos gee i got what i did wish for a lifetime away & they did come true in the end only to regret them & find out it wasn't what i wanted anyway as turned out:eek:

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Its an ace song to pick your arse up from the floor - quite empowering got me back on track a few times hehehe:D ....oh & yeh JB in tight pants does wonders for the visual effect;) :D oopppssss :o

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you read my mind lmao!!!!:cool: :D

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Gee another life talent to tick off & incredible taste hehehehehehe:D

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I have read this thread with some interest and (sorry) amusement, and I did not 'honestly' intend to join in the debate, for personal reasons, it has been my observations that self preservation takes preference over any thoughts of this nature. If you look at the most holy of mortals IE the great church leaders they cling on to life to the last gasp of breath, even though they tell the rest of us "paradise awaits us and we should welcome death". Believe me when you are in that position, and are told "you have a 50/50 chance of surviving this procedure" the only thing that goes through your mind, is asking that great man in the sky, "please please let me live there is a million things I wish to do yet". That applies to even the most fervent non believer.

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cant really say what I'd wish i had done cuz its not that time yet, so really if I did have any answers to it i suppose cuz im still ere, i cud still do it! you know what i mean........

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yes they can!


http://www.everestnews.com/stories20...er05272005.htm

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