The Asylum Confessions: Family Matters (The Asylum Confession Files, #2)

by Jack Steen

I think Death has many faces, many voices, and it all depends on the person you are, and what you've done with your life.

Being alone is the only thing I have ever feared. It’s like a rope wrapped around my neck, a heavy burden that is always there.

"The only time you ever see a person's true character, who they really are, is right before they die. Anytime you judge a person before seeing their true self, you're robbing yourself of an opportunity.

It doesn't matter what you do with your life, it's how you do it. So even if your existence seems isolated and unadventurous, if you do well with the life you've been given, then it's well-lived.

There's no such thing as do-overs.

It's similar to being a reader - that addictiveness you feel to get lost within the pages of a book, within the characters of a story. You still live, but through the experiences and words of others.

But you can’t look back on life and live on the ‘what ifs’. That’s not how life works.

If you live with regrets, then you’re not truly living. You’re reacting in order to not live with more regrets. Don’t do that, Jack. Wake up each day determined to be the best person you can be. Go to sleep each night knowing you did the absolute best you could and that it’s too late to change actions you’ve already taken. Determine to be absolute in your decisions, and you’ll never experience a moment of regret. Regret can destroy dreams, did you know that? When all you do is focus on the things that went wrong in your life, you miss out on what could be happening, the good things.