A Facebook post from BC Fleming, a soldier who was blown up and almost killed in Iraq, and is now a motivational speaker … “What I thought when I felt I was on my deathbed: 1.”I didn’t do enough with my life.” 2. “What did I do that mattered?” 3. “Why didn’t I treat people better?” If you aren’t living your life with others in mind, I feel sorry for you, because you’re going to ask the same regretful questions I did when your life comes to an end.”
Brian Fleming calls himself “Blown Up Guy” because he was hit by an IUD on patrol but lived to see another day. The picture says it all. Or does it?
For me, the “pictures” … what happens to us and whatever pictures we have in our own lives … are the cause, and the emotions … the feelings, the changes and the questions we have to answer … are the effect. It is the questions we ask ourselves when something happens that matter first, and then what truly matters most is our response. Our attitude. Our change in perspective.
The key word in his quote for me is regretful. What can we do today, to minimize our regret later? That’s really the point of his statement … because the pain of regret is one of the heaviest weights we can bear. How can we lessen that burden? Worth thinking about that.
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