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Regrets Of The Dying

Regrets Of The Dying

What is it that people regret when death is near?

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Jan 18, 2023
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He had almost died.

And he knew it.

While he was grateful that he was alive, he mostly felt regret.

He was 65. A lawyer. Very wealthy. Living in New York City.

He had everything.

Or at least, he thought he had, right up to the point where he went into cardiac arrest on the Cath lab table due to an occluded coronary artery that we were desperately trying…

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