Die without Regrets
What Retirement Forces Us to Confront
When people are on their deathbeds, they rarely or never say, I wish I had worked more.
When many retire, they wither and die in front of the TV sets. There is nothing pressing to do anymore.
On the other hand, to avoid this, many get busy, finding new jobs, volunteering, or something like that.
But WHY do we need to be busy? I think it is because by remaining busy, we can crowd out of our mind the real questions we have avoided over the past 40 years, questions like: What really is important? What should I be doing with my life? What was I sent here to accomplish?
When you get the retirement age, these questions become even more pressing. We don’t have that many days left. And if we are going to achieve something important, we better get moving now, and not die regretting that we never tried. We don’t have excuses anymore. We don’t have to work commitments anymore that require our energy and time. We have all the time in the world now (that is, until we die)—so what are we doing?
There is a prize out there for all of us, but many of us remain busy pursuing trinkets, playing old games, and following meaningless dramas—you know: news, sports, television.
Tomorrow is where dreams go to die.
And to me what is most sad is that most of us never even flesh out our dreams to start with.