The End Of My Life

“I will not regret a thing.” was what my six word memoir was about. To me it means that whatever happens you should never regret your actions and what you’ve done in life. I chose a girl looking at the sunset for my picture to show that she has no stress and has no worries because she is not looking at the past. She looks so peaceful while she is trying to look forward and take life one step at a time. When you regret things you are just stuck in the past so when you don’t have any regrets you would be a more relieved person.

When I look back into the past, I see the immature, ignorant side of myself, who is always causing trouble with my short temper. There are countless actions which I regret, but I wouldn’t say that I want to change them since that is what made me into the person I am now. A few regrets I have are not taking opportunities when they were presented to me, or not giving it my all to complete/learn something new. As a child, I was sent to dance class every Saturday. I didn’t understand my parents’ difficulty of taking their time to bring me there as a child because I simply couldn’t process that thought. I refused to spend my time at home to stretch, but now I realize the importance of dance in my life, and the inability to meet my own expectations of flexibility. By reason of this regret and other events, I learned to appreciate what is given since not everyone has these kinds of chances. The lessons that I have learned now will help aid me in the future because it has influenced me to become an understanding

My biggest regret is that I quit gymnastics. I thought I was going to do cheer but I ended up not doing it because of my family being so busy. I wish I hadn’t quit gymnastics because now I can’t to many things that I used to do like a back-walkover and the splits (left, middle, and right). If I could go back to the day I said I wanted to quit I would and I wouldn’t have said anything to my mom about quitting. Even though going to gymnastics right after school was rough I enjoyed it. I liked being able to come home and show everyone what I learned that day and doing little routines. I also liked having contests with my sister because I knew I would win since I practiced everyday. Since I did competitive gymnastics I had meets on Saturdays and

The foundation of therapy starts by building rapport with the client and applying strategies when necessary to overcome a variety of barriers. It is imperative to have rapport with a client and to be aware of barriers to facilitate a good treatment outcome. This will take practice and the use of methods and strategies ready to be implemented when needed. There are many components to building a good client rapport such as: intimacy, vulnerability, exploration of inner challenges, self-awareness, staying present; inner resiliency, empathy, anxiety management, and self-integration, and relationship acceptance. The two types of barriers are internal and external and this is for both the client and the therapist. The common barriers to rapport are countertransference and transference. Strategies for overcoming barriers are: Pause Moment and self-awareness. It also requires skills such as being genuine, sensitive, open, and

One area in her life, Jan values and has also received personal growth is communication. The face to face connection is important to her as well as the words we use. During our interview, she shared a quote from F. S. Gerald. “The Slightest touch can wither or heal”. “Control of the tongue involves an intentional awareness and governance of words as well as tone of voice in all communication” (Calhoun. pp. 208). Jan is aware of the areas in her life that she continues to seek

The number one regret on people's deathbeds isn’t what they didn’t do, but rather that they wished that they relaxed or didn’t work so hard. They aren't saying that they wished they didn’t get good grades in school, but rather they wished they would have not pushed the important things off their metaphorical plate like spending quality time with their families, or helping their son with schoolwork, but instead they forcefully made room for things that didn’t even bring them

When looking back in life, my parents have always told me to enjoy life while I was young, and I see why because when you grow older that is when responsibility kicks in everything that my parents have said they were so correct. I have lived my life to the fullest and with no regrets I have played sports throughout high school I ran track, basketball, and I played girls football I was very athletic. I started partying at a young age, and my parents were afraid for me I have been in two club shootings from the ages of sixteen to nineteen, and I kid you not it was no fun, but I do not regret it I look at it as a lesson learn. I can say that I have lived my life now that I am older the things that I have once done does not excite me anymore. I rather stay home and enjoy my child before I go to the nearest club I look at it is I can be gone from here in a blink of an eye. My parents always have told me that, a bullet has no

Total Responses = 9: Regret = 1; No regret = 8; Negative experiences = 4; Benefits / interest = 5

Regret arise when people realized if they took a different action they will get a different result, while disappointment is the result is worse than your expectation. The benefits of regret are that it will bring people together to share their stories and make each other humbler or more vulnerable. Hutson thinks

A really good song called “A Teardrop in the Ocean” by Ron Pope reminds me of this everytime I listen to it. Ron mentions “I don’t want to waste the weekend,” (Pope 2009). What I take from this is that he doesn’t want to live a boring life full of regrets. He wants to live his life to best of his ability. Another quote I like from his song is “never counting regrets,”(Pope 2009). Regrets are things that happened in the past. We should let them go and enjoy the future. This reminds me of a time over the summer. My grandparents wanted me to go to the beach with them. I wanted to go but not without my friend ashley, so I told them no. I ended up not going and I regret it now. It would have been really fun just to sit on the beach and relax. From now on I am going to live my life to the fullest no matter what. My life doesn’t have room for regrets. With this I am sure I will be able to have a positive

"I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person." - Rita Moreno

such as important people, mistakes you made, things left undone or words left unsaid guilt, regret etc.

The therapeutic alliance also known as a therapeutic relationship is about how I as a clinician/therapist connects, behave and engage with a client and also how a client relates to the therapist (Harely Therapy, 2016). This relationship is collaborative. I remember going into the first session nervous and incompetent. In our first meeting, Sarah asked me, you are just a student and how can you help her. I remember telling her, I am being trained at university and also, I am working under the supervision of J*. I let her know that I will be transparent about things I don't know, and I will come back with answers in the next session or sessions. As Sarah shared her fears of

Past, present and future are all important to keep in perspective. Looking back and not having regrets is extremely satisfying. Your current situation and your contentment with it are also very important, and having goals and milestones to work toward in the future keeps you motivated and keeps life interesting and challenging.

When you look back at your life and realize that you have not taken full advantage of your opportunities your whole life, you will realize that you may not have lived as good as you could have. Many people feel that taking full advantage of your life will lead to not regretting a thing in the future.