[Must Read] Everyone wants to know what dead people say right before they die. Words maybe infused with speckles of a heaven. Beethoven supposedly said on his deathbed, Friends applaud! the comedy is finished! Lou Costello said, This was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted. Similar is, What are common regrets of people in their 30s and 40s? Can they be avoided if known? Here are my regrets. And they can be summed up by the word: Dont. - DONT BUY THINGS. Buy experiences. A thing is a house. An experience is a trip. An experience is a visit to that girl or guy on the other side of the world who said, maybe. An experience is an invitation to meaning instead of material. - DONT DO ANYTHING YOU DONT WANT TO DO. You think you have time to get out of it. But you dont. And then it happens. And then its too late. And then its something you did. You were the target and you got shot. A black ink stamp leaving its mark on your wrist. You went to the party and the next day, all blurry and inky, it shows and everyone can see. - DONT TRY TO PLEASE PEOPLE. Nobody is more worthy of love in the entire universe than you. I wish I had reminded myself of that more. I couldve saved all of that time where I was trying to please someone else. Money you lose you can always make back. But even five minutes of time lost is gone forever. - DONT FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS IN LOVE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. These people are magnets of love. Theyve sucked all the love out of the room so when you walk in, its already too late, youre past that zone in the black hole where nothing ever gets out and nobody ever knows whats there. Its lost in space and time. When Ive fallen in love with someone who was in love with someone else, only pieces of me have ever survived. And even then I had to put those pieces back together into the tinkertoy robot that became me for a long time. - DONT MAKE PROMISES YOU CANT KEEP. And to that I can only say, Im sorry to that one girl. - RUN. DONT WALK. I dont mean run to a goal or a destination. There are no goals and you realize this around the age of 30 or so. I mean just run. You build up your blood vessels. More oxygen gets to the brain. You get smarter. Life is better. And youll see more in life than the people who are walking. Who take their time failing. Who take their time falling for others. Who take their time while waiting for the right moment. Waiting for the right weather, the right coordinates, the right person, to drop anchor. Theres never a right moment. So just run to get there. - DONT WAIT FOR THEM TO SAY YES. Who is them? What are they saying yes to? What do you think will happen after the wait is over? Yes. Thats my point. All of the answers to these questions are lesser versions of what happens if you dont wait so Ill say it again. Dont wait for them to say yes. Say yes to yourself first and everyone will say yes later. - DONT REGRET. It may look like these are regrets. But they are just tattoos that live on me right now. The illustrated man at the circus. Dont time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Dont bookmark pages youve already read. Today it starts all over again. Every tomorrow is determined by every today. Source: Quora
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:36:33 +0000
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