206 Garda recruits pass out of college
Regrets Of The Dying. She writes about the incredible clarity, vision and wisdom people get lying on their deathbed.
The top regret was: “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” his was the most common regret because when people realise their life is almost over and look back on it, it’s clear to see what dreams went unfulfilled.
Health brings a freedom few of us realise until it’s taken from under us.
The second top regret witnessed by Ware was: “I wish I hadn’t worked so
TEmma marries husband Cian hard.” She said: “This came from every male patient I nursed.
“They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship.
“All of them deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.”
The third deepest
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regret was “not having the courage to express feelings”. With a suppression of emotions to keep the peace, one ends up living a mediocre existence. Ware noted as a result of this many patients developed illnesses relating to bitterness and resentment. Not staying in touch with friends and not being able to track them down in the end was another huge Niamh Hannan Steve Jobs regret. And a surprisingly common regret was “not allowing myself to be happy”.
Many of Ware’s patients did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice.
Fear of change had them pretending to others and to themselves they were content, when deep down they longed to truly laugh and be silly in their life again.
Financial strain or the pursuit of money and the humdrum of our every day woes seem to take over when we’re alive and it’s only when faced with the end that we can see clearly and open our hearts to what truly matters. Charlie Flanagan THE first crop of 206 new gardai have passed out of training college in Templemore.
Around 800 trainees are due to finish with numbers on track to reach 14,000 by the end of the year.
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said the new recruits were proof of the Government’s commitment to a Garda workforce of 21,000 personnel by 2021.
He added: “I wish each of them a long and rewarding policing career in An Garda Siochana and urge them to remember always that their core role is to serve the community and to do so with dedication and with honour.”
A budget of €1.65billion has been provided to An Garda Siochana in 2018.
We live as if we’re going to live for ever, caught up in the small stuff NIAMH HANNAN