If I were able to live my life anew, <br />In the next I would try to commit more errors. <br />I would not try to be so perfect, I would relax more. <br />I would be more foolish than I've been, <br />In fact, I would take few things seriously. <br />I would be less hygienic. <br />I would run more risks, <br />take more vacations, <br />contemplate more sunsets, <br />climb more mountains, swim more rivers. <br />I would go to more places where I've never been, <br />I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans, <br />I would have more real problems and less imaginary ones. <br /> <br />I was one of those people that lived sensibly <br />and prolifically each minute of his life; <br />Of course I had moments of happiness. <br />If I could go back I would try <br />to have only good moments. <br /> <br />Because if you didn't know, of that is life made: <br />only of moments; Don't lose the now. <br /> <br />I was one of those that never <br />went anywhere without a thermometer, <br />a hot-water bottle, <br />an umbrella, and a parachute; <br />If I could live again, I would travel lighter. <br /> <br />If I could live again, <br />I would begin to walk barefoot from the beginning of spring <br />and I would continue barefoot until autumn ends. <br />I would take more cart rides, <br />contemplate more dawns, <br />and play with more children, <br />If I had another life ahead of me. <br /> <br />But already you see, I am 85, <br />and I know that I am dying.<br /><br />Jorge Luis Borges<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/instantes-instants/
