Do-Over

If I had my life to live over, I would like to make more mistakes next time.

I would relax more.

I would limber up.

I would be sillier than I have been this trip.

I would take fewer things so seriously.

I would take more chances.

I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.

I would eat more ice cream and less vegetables.

I would, perhaps, have more troubles...but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

You see,

I am one of those people that lives sensibly and sanely,

hour after hour,

day after day.

Oh, Ive had my moments and, if I had it to do all over again,

I would have more of them.

In fact, I would try to have nothing else;

just moments, one after another,

instead of living so many years ahead of each day.

I would travel lighter than I have this time.

I would start barefoot earlier in the spring

and stay that way later into the fall.

I would go to more dances.

I would ride more merry-go-rounds.

I would pick more daisies.

 

-Unknown                                               

With all of the recent attention given to proclamations of "end times" and "the rapture" happening on May 21, 2011, I found myself thinking about how I would feel if the world was really coming to an end. I don't like to say that I have any regrets in life...but I would be lying if I didn't think about how I would do things a little differently if given the chance for a "do-over." I think we all consider that sometimes. Then, I remembered this quote that I had scribbled down a few years ago. I don't remember where I found it...but its a pretty good representation of my thoughts in the last couple days.