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Looking Over A Lifetime
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- What did you accomplish during your lifetime? Looking back, was there any one thing that you were particularly proud of? Did you invent something? Manage your family well? Purchase something that you didn't think you could ever afford?
- Did you ever have any regrets? What did you wish you had or hadn't done? What did you wish that you could change? Did you feel that you had missed out on anything? What was it and why?
- How would you have characterized your family? Over the years, were you close-knit? Did everyone get along well? Were you happy with the contribution that you made to your family?
- How would you describe your philosophy of life? Were you an optimist? A cynic? Did you worry about the future or take things one day at a time?
- What did you learn during your lifetime? Did you pass anything on to others? What was "life's greatest lesson"? When did you learn it? In what ways did it change your life?
- What was the best advice that anyone ever gave you? How did it help you?
- Did you ever feel that you had failed at anything? What was it? Why did you feel that you hadn't succeeded?
- Overall, what was the most important event in your life? Marriage? The birth of your children? A graduation day? What made it special?
- What was most important in your life? Your family? Work? Money? A talent? Religion? Why did you feel this way about it?
- Who had the greatest influence in your life? A relative, co-worker, teacher, celebrity or perhaps an author? Why did you look up to this person? How did he or she influence you?
- If you were religious, did you feel your faith grew stronger over the years? Or was it stronger when it was new? As you matured, did your faith change from when you first committed to your religion? In what ways?
- Looking back, would you say that you were satisfied with your life? Did you reach the goals that you set out to achieve?
- Over the years, how did your personality change? As you matured, did you become more wise, more conservative, or maybe more adventurous?
- How did the world change during your lifetime? Were these changes for the better or for the worse? How did they affect you?
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