Second chance

I read a touching poem on another blog today that I had to share because it speaks to everyone.

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.

by nadine stair, 85 years old

I spend some days wondering if I made a mistake. Some days, I feel so much guilt, I replay my life over in my head...the way I wish it could have gone. Some days, I remember there was a reason for everything and its a waste of time to "wish" and to "regret".
Do you have similar thoughts?
Time to start making a change before it's too late...

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