“I wish I had had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” – Bronnie Ware, author of “The Top Five Regrets of the Dying.”
Powerful.
Palliative care worker and author, Bronnie Ware, shares the top regret of the dying is living a life untrue to oneself.
It is not morbid or sad.
It is a wake up call.
The journey to Freedom from Chronic Stress is a journey into yourself.
Your deepest values. Your true self.
This is why the very first step of the program is Anchor Your Vision and Values.
If you are not living a life true to yourself, you will always experience life as stressful, instead of a gift.
As a young whippersnapper in high school, I read “The Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad.
Even at the naive age of 17, I had experienced enough pain and dysfunction to seek a deeper truth.
This passage from the book influenced me greatly:
“Droll thing life is…the most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself – that comes too late – a crop of unextinguishable regrets.”
Agreed, this one is a little depressing, but hey, I was a teenager during the 90s grunge era. 🙂
There is a magnificent truth and power in both these statements.
An unexamined life going through the motions to pay bills and please other people lends itself to regret.
A life lived in alignment with your deepest values lends itself to freedom, fulfillment, and peace.
Here is what a few of my clients say about aligning their actions with their values, the first step in the Freedom from Chronic Stress Program.
Live aligned with your unique values. Live with no regret.
“You can live your life out of circumstance, or you can live your life out of vision.” – Werner Erhard
Stop Looking Outside and Look Within,
Angela
