regrets from not doing anything in the past

[Rivers]

Hello All,
          From the Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges (wrote some months before his death, 1986):

"If I could live again my life,
In the next – I'll try,
to make more mistakes,
I won't try to be so perfect,
I'll be more relaxed,
I'll be more full – than I am now,
In fact, I'll take fewer things seriously,
I'll be less hygienic,
I'll take more risks,
I'll take more trips,
I'll watch more sunsets,
I'll climb more mountains,
I'll swim more rivers,
I'll go to more places – I've never been,
I'll eat more ice creams and less lima beans,
I'll have more real problems – and fewer imaginary ones.

I was one of those people who live
prudent and prolific lives –
each minute of his life,
Of course that I had moments of joy – but,
if I could go back I'll try to have only good moments,
If you don't know – that's what life is made of,
Don't lose the now!
I was one of those who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer,
without a hot water bottle,
without an umbrella and without a parachute,
If I could live again – I would travel light,
If I could live again – I'll try to work bare feet
from the beginning of spring till the end of autumn,
I'll ride more carts,
I'll watch more sunrises and play with more children,
If I have the life to live – but now I am 85, and I know that I am dying ..."
― Jorge Luis Borges, The Aleph and Other Stories

           ..."play with more children"... was Borges one of us? Maybe...

This is beautiful, but also written from a place of longing.
Of course he'd regret the things he never did when in his death bed - it's basically your moment to fantasize, why would you consider bad outcomes?

But bad outcomes do happen, and then I ask: who regrets more in the closing hours, the guy who was too prudent and never "seized the day", o the guy who dared and paid dear consequences?

When the consequences are as harsh as spending 30 of your best years behind bars because you just HAD to know what a child pussy felt like, well... my guess would be that any pedo who tossed the coin and lost would envy the uneventful and peaceful life Borges lived.