I suppose that people on their death bed are pretty much biased, hardly less than average population. Human memory is quite imperfect and selective.

Inevitably, some day, you will empathize.

Definitely! I have hard time understanding my future self, and my future self may have hard time understanding me as of now. People change, and what feels important at medium term (a few years) also changes. There's hardly a single right answer good for all ages.