If I Had My Life To Live Over
If I had my to live over...
I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd limber up. I would be sillier
than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take
more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would
perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones. You see,
I'm one of those people who lives sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day
after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had it to do 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, a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel
lighter than I have. If I had my life to live 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, 85 years old