Rodent Regatta

I received this by email today. It makes you think. Would you change some past choices if you could? What decisions would you make if given the chance to ’live your life over?’

Is anything stopping you from making some of those choices today? I’d have learned HTML back in 1996 or 1997 and built a business around the know-how.

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER
By Erma Bombeck

If I had my life to live over

I would have invited friends over to dinner even
if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the ”GOOD”
living room and worried much less about the dirt
when someone wanted to light a fire in the
fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my
grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would never have insisted the car windows are
rolled up on a summer day because my hair had
just been teased and sprayed.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like
a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have sat on the lawn with my children and
not worried about grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching
television and more while watching life.

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead
of pretending the earth would go into a holding
pattern if I weren’t there for the day.

I would never have bought anything just because
it was practical, wouldn’t show soil or was
guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy,
I’d have cherished every moment realizing that
the wonderment growing inside me was the only
chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never
have said, ”Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.”

There would have been more ”I love you’s” and
more ”I’m sorry’s” but mostly, given another shot
at life, I would seize every minute…..look at it
and really see it … live it … and never give
it back.