If I could live again my life, <br />In the next - I'll try, <br />- to make more mistakes, <br />I won't try to be so perfect, <br />I'll be more relaxed, <br />I'll be more full - than I am now, <br />In fact, I'll take fewer things seriously, <br />I'll be less hygenic, <br />I'll take more risks, <br />I'll take more trips, <br />I'll watch more sunsets, <br />I'll climb more mountains, <br />I'll swim more rivers, <br />I'll go to more places - I've never been, <br />I'll eat more ice creams and less (lime) beans, <br />I'll have more real problems - and less imaginary <br />ones, <br />I was one of those people who live <br />prudent and prolific lives - <br />each minute of his life, <br />Offcourse that I had moments of joy - but, <br />if I could go back I'll try to have only good moments, <br /> <br />If you don't know - thats what life is made of, <br />Don't lose the now! <br /> <br />I was one of those who never goes anywhere <br />without a thermometer, <br />without a hot-water bottle, <br />and without an umberella and without a parachute, <br /> <br />If I could live again - I will travel light, <br />If I could live again - I'll try to work bare feet <br />at the beginning of spring till <br />the end of autumn, <br />I'll ride more carts, <br />I'll watch more sunrises and play with more children, <br />If I have the life to live - but now I am 85, <br />- and I know that I am dying ...<br /><br />Jorge Luis Borges<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/instants/
