See Them Come and Go
I worked at a hospital in a small town near Munich. My job there was not fancy at all. I moved people around, threw out the trash, and occasionally did some maintenance work. I got to see a lot of patients come and go. I remembered a few instances of people confessing to me their biggest regrets.
There were two that stood out. One was a Polish lady who told me that she used to be a lady of the night during WWII. She said that she slept with “very high up” people in the government. She told me that although she did not regret that part of her life, she could not tell anyone about it either.
She told me that was a heavy emotional burden on her. She also told me that she aborted more than five babies during that time. The other was an old truck driver who used to work for an Eastern German company.
He told me that he once ran over some kids with his truck but was too afraid to stop and check if they were alright. Story credit: Reddit / lyes_about_expertise