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Live life with no regrets: A reminder to choose your path and share your story

Column encourages readers to reflect, set goals and leave fewer questions for loved ones

Published December 15, 2025 - 5:00 a.m.

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Live life with no regrets: A reminder to choose your path and share your story

Now that we are getting older, if you could write a letter to your younger self, what advice would you give?

Would you change? What path should you have retaken? Remember the five W's: who, what, where, when and why. As the decades go by, what are some of your goals?

Have you shared your plans with any of your family? Have you focused on what is most important? Have you written your history yet? Don't leave them with a lot of questions unanswered.

No regrets. Live your life for you. Choose your own path. Remember the Lord and your family support you too.

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