For me, I would have regret spending so much time and energy being sad and thinking about my heartbreak so much, hating the situation and being jealous and angry about it. I would have thought as my plane was hitting the ocean that I could of spent that time and energy loving myself, loving others and enjoying the bounty which life gives me.
I would have regret not living well and taking care of myself. I would have regret not living happy and free and instead allowing negative thoughts to consume me and my lifestyle.
I would have wished I absorbed and experienced the beauty of nature more as well as spend more of my time, money and energy on that instead of drinking and going out.
I would have wished I was there for my sister more and less harsh on her as she is still young and in that stage in her life of making her own mistakes and learning from them.
It's time for me to let go of this love tragedy in my life. I have grieved and now I am ready to move on and be so busy being kind to myself and others that I have no time to broad on being angry or jealous.
It's time for me to decide everyday to have a positive mental attitude and allow myself to be happy, because happiness is my choice and no one else can switch it on or off for me. I need to allow myself to let my creative expressions flow freely and not be confined by what people think, say or react.
It's time for me to step outside my home and my city and be one with the stars, the sunsets and the sunrises, the mountains, the trees, the ocean and the wind.
It's time for me to love my sister and in doing so, let. Her. Go. I have to realize that she has to pave her own way in life, and while I can offer her my utmost love, discipline and advice, I can't change her into someone she is not.
I believe thinking about death regularly is healthy and keeps what is important in life and what is not in perspective. Steve Jobs once said that knowing you'll be dead soon is one of the most important tools in helping make the big choices in life, and I agree. It is considered a miracle to escape from a near death experience, and the sad reality is that a lot of people don't ever get to experience that miracle. I hope to think about my life in perspective of death almost everyday, in an effort to never forget that life is like a swift wind and I have only got one chance to live it.
If you were on a plane about to crash, what would you regret? What would you wish you could have changed?
Listen to: Dance the Pain Away - Benny Benassi feat. John Legend
