Life

I was thinking about... life lessons

If I Had My Life to Live Over

I'd dare to make more mistakes next time.
  I'd relax, I would 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 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
 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 people 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 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.

Este es un precioso poema de Nadine Stair, una mujer de 85 años.
A mí me han conmovido sus palabras, a pesar de que el Carpe Diem no es un invento de esta mañana que digamos. Pero yo vi El Club de los Poetas Muertos a los 15 años. Y a esa edad una es muy impresionable.

Enjoy!