I would try to make more mistakes next time
I wouldn’t try to be so perfect… I would relax more.
I would be goofier than I have been;
In fact, I would take everything much less seriously.
I would be messier.
I would take more risks, take more trips, contemplate more sunsets,
Hike more mountains, swim more rivers.
I would visit more places that I’ve never been;
I would eat more ice cream and less lima beans.
I would have more real problems, and less imaginary problems.
I would be with those people who live, sensorily and prolifically, each minute of their lives.
Of course I’ve experienced moments of happiness, but if I could do it all over again
I would try to have only good moments.
Becausex, if you didn’t know, this is what life is made of–only moments. Don’t lose the Now.
I was one of those who never left the house without a thermometer,
a hot water thermos, a raincoat and a parachute.
If I could relive it all again, I would walk barefoot
Starting in the beginning of spring and continuing on until the end of autumn.
I would take more trips by cart, contemplate more sunrises
and play more with little kids, if I had another try at life after this one.
But, already they see, I’m 85 now, and I know that I am dying…