{"id":1454,"date":"2014-10-18T10:10:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T09:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2014-10-18T10:14:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T09:14:08","slug":"if-i-had-my-life-to-live-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1454","title":{"rendered":"If I had my life to live over"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’d dare to make more mistakes next time.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d relax, I would limber up.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would be sillier than I have been this trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would take fewer things seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would take more chances.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would eat more ice cream and less beans.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would perhaps have more actual troubles,<\/span><\/p>\n

but I’d have fewer imaginary ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You see, I’m one of those people who live<\/span><\/p>\n

sensibly and sanely hour after hour,<\/span><\/p>\n

day after day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, I’ve had my moments,<\/span><\/p>\n

And if I had it to do over again,<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d have more of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, I’d try to have nothing else.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just moments, one after another,<\/span><\/p>\n

instead of living so many years ahead of each day.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been one of those people who never goes anywhere<\/span><\/p>\n

without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat<\/span><\/p>\n

and a parachute.<\/span><\/p>\n

If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If I had my life to live over,<\/span><\/p>\n

I would start barefoot earlier in the spring<\/span><\/p>\n

and stay that way later in the fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would go to more dances.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would ride more merry-go-rounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would pick more daisies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Attributed to Nadine Stair, 85 years old<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

More on other versions at:\u00a0http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moments_(poem)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. \u00a0 I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I … <\/p>\n

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