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We’re reading Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing<\/em> by Bronnie Ware. We mentioned this book in a previous blott<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While discussing the first of five regrets, Bronnie tells a thought-provoking story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing<\/strong> by Bronnie Ware
Hay House LLC, 2019. Kindle edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regret 1: I wish I\u2019d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me<\/strong> Page 51<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Buddhist story goes that a man came shouting angrily at Buddha, who remained unaffected by him. When questioned by others as to how he remained calm and unaffected, Buddha answered with a question. \u2018If someone gives you a gift and you choose not to receive it, to whom then does the gift belong?\u2019 Of course it stays with the giver. And so it was with words that continued to be unjustly dumped onto me at times. I stopped taking them on and felt compassion instead. Those words were not coming from a place of happiness.<\/p>\nTop Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing<\/strong>
by Bronnie Ware<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Ownership Under Capitalism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At what point do you own the food you are eating at a restaurant?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Restaurant Example<\/h4>\n\n\n\n