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According to Morrie, why don’t we think about regrets until our own death is imminent?

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Mitch wonders if he, near death, would regret the choices he had made or things he had missed. In response, Morrie tells Mitch that the reason some people have regrets late in life is that our culture does not allow us time to reflect upon our lives before this point.

He explains that we can't get stuck on regrets about what should have happened. He advises making peace with yourself and those around you. Morrie states that as long as we can love each other and remember this feeling of love, we can die without ever going away because all of the love we have created will still remain.

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