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Wow.
Strokes are weird things. It can affect more than just your right or left side control - it can alter your personality.
I hope that isn't the case here, and that instead he is hitting out at his debilitating condition. If he's "just" bitter about what is happening to him, it's vital to get him to understand what a positive influence he's been for so many others.
I think everyone harbors regrets, whether verbalized or not, about something meaningful in their life. The trick is to weigh that against the things you don't regret and come away feeling you're at the better end of it.
Not long ago I remember thinking I didn't risk enough. So, I risked. Unfortunately for me, it has been a terrible ordeal and I fervently wish I had not risked.
I balance that against what my relationship with my family means to me, and to them. How there is this goofy, lovable spark in my corner of the world because of what me and my family are. And how my kids and grandkids all have a bit of me in them. My outlook, my beliefs, my attitude.
I think the most good you can do as a human being is to enrich the lives of the people you encounter. It sounds to me he is a sterling man, and has lived a very useful life. Your task is to make sure he understands this.
Good luck.
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