Nurse who recorded 300 final breaths reveals the 7 things that really matter in life

One such nurse has shared her experiences after seeing over 300 people die – revealing the seven most important things it taught her about life.

It makes sense that studying people in their final moments of life, when their race is run and they’ve squared off with all they’ve said and done, can offer wisdoms that can’t be obtained anywhere else. There’s a lot to be learned from those who are dying, that is for those lucky enough to have living left to do.

The aforementioned nurse is Laura M, who spends her working life with people who are rapidly approaching the end of their natural span. She began to record the final words of her patients, labeling the last phase of life “the quiet hour”.

Naturally, the dying wishes and regrets of her patients varied greatly depending on who they were and what sort of life they had lived.

Love, come what may

One patient, a 92-year-old World War II veteran named George, had not spoken to his brother for over forty years.

George told Laura: “I won the argument, but I lost a lifetime.”

Laura revealed to Everyday Health that people who are dying don’t commonly wish they’d been tougher during their life. Rather, they wish they hadn’t been as tough as they perhaps were.

Not enjoying joy

A retired engineer, meanwhile, told Laura that he had pursued wealth and riches because he was so afraid of being poor.

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