As a palliative care nurse, Bronnie Ware, spent time at the bedsides of patients who went home to die. In the last days of their existence, many shared with her their regrets and things they would do differently. The top 5 are excerpted here: The Most Common Regrets 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. This was the most common regret of all. Most people did not honor even half their dreams and died knowing they made

Small Steps in a Big World, acrylic and antique cookbooks on canvas, twelve 5″x5″ squares, 2007, from the collection of Peay Vineyards, Stuart Sheldon We so often mistake familiarity for happiness and routine for satisfaction. Twenty-five, chiseled and ready to party, I stood forearms perched on the railing of a ferry to the Greek isle of Paros. Dance music played and gusts of laughter from fellow travelers engulfed me. The world was mine … but for one thing … I Felt Utterly