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'Should visit more' the regret that comes late
Connection Regret·All ages
A Korean memorial park asked 1,281 members what they most regretted about a family member who had died. The top answer was not visiting often enough — 34%. The top thing they wished they had said was "I love you" — 51%. One woman began writing her mother's grave visits on the calendar. What had been holidays and anniversaries became once a month. The steps you can still take are what shrink the regret that comes later.
Top regret about a deceased family member: not visiting often enough — 34%. Top thing left unsaid: 'I love you' — 51%.
— Survey of 1,281 memorial park members, Korea (2019)
TODAY’S PRACTICE
Put a date on the calendar this month to visit — and keep it.
#VisitMore#CalendarIt#SayLove
SOURCE
Yonhap News (2019), memorial park survey
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