IF I COULD LIVE IT OVER

If I had to live my life over again

I’d dare to make more mistakes next time.

I’d relax.

I would limber up

I would be sillier than I have been on this trip

I would take fewer things seriously

I would take more chances

I would take more trips

I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers

I would eat more ice cream and less beans

I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but

I’d have fewer imaginary ones

You see, I’m one of those people who live seriously

And sanely hour after hour, day after day

Oh, I’ve had my moments

And if I had to do it over again, I’d have more of them

In fact, I’d try to have nothing else – just moments

One after another, instead of living so many years

Ahead of each day.

I’ve been one of those persons who never goes anywhere

Without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute

If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.

If I had to live my life over, I would start barefoot earlier

In the Spring and stay that way later in the Fall.

I would go to more dances

I would ride more merry-go-rounds

I would pick more daisies.

Nadine Stair