If I had my life to live over.
stargirl69
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There was a mindfulness event at work today.We were given a poem that was written by a lady called Nadine Stair,she was 85 when she wrote it.I thought it was great.
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 am one of those people who has lived 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 these 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
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 am one of those people who has lived 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 these 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
“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”
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I think its far too often these lessons are only learned when it is too late.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I think I will wait til I am on the other side to say what I wished I had done differently
having the big picture of all whom I have hurt and helped
maybe i could have gone about a few things in a different way, maybe a better way, or a less emotional or less reactive way, but hell, life is a "choose your own adventure" book. sometimes you make a good choice and everything is roses and other times you make a poor choice but you recover and learn from it. and hopefully when it is all said and done you end up where you wanted to be...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
Going forward I hope to teach them to live with confidence in all they do and most of all be happy. Life is too short to waste time on anger or things you can't change.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Very well said.
I think I would change a few things, but it's always the quandary of if I changed it then I wouldn't be who I am today.
Maybe I should have slept around a bit more :think:
Absolutely
I wouldn't change I would learn the joy of bare feet and drunken sex sooner,but not necessarily at the same time
You wear socks during sex? I thought it was only the men who did that?
As long as it's not tights - otherwise your toes curl.
The very reason I gave up wearing tights