Nurse tells the Top 5 regrets of the dying.

[countryjake]

7. Worrying...

When my dad passed away ten years ago, he told me two things that he thought that I should take to heart, regrets of his own that he had discovered during his terminal illness (which he chose not to treat), feelings of "if I had it to do over again".

The first, which we discussed at length during the few months prior to his death, was to try and stop worrying so much. He was fond of the saying, "you might as well wish in one hand, and shit in the other", tho he had dealt with many things in his life that were ultimately impossible for him to fix or change, often with sky-high decks stacked against him. But, he had never stopped trying. Or worrying about his inability.

The second kernel of wisdom which he wasted many of his last breathes imparting to me was simple and true...stop smoking.