I'd Pick More Daisies
If I had my life to live over,
I'd try and make more mistakes next time.
I would relax.
I would limber up.
I would be sillier than I have been this trip.
I know of very few things I would take seriously.
I would be crazier.
I would be less hygienic.
I would take more chances.
I would take more trips.
I would climb more mountains,
swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets.
I would eat more ice cream and less beans.
I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I am one of those people who live prophylactically
and sanely and sensibly, hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I have had my moments and, if I had to do it 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 each day.
I have been one of those people who never go anywhere without
a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a gargle, a raincoat and a parachute.
If I had to do it over again, I would go places and do things
and travel lighter than I have.
If I had my life to liver over, I would start bare-footed earlier
in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.
I would play hooky more.
I wouldn't make such good grades except by accident.
I would ride on more merry-go-rounds.
I'd pick more daisies.
Attributed to Nadine Stair, aged 87, Lewisville KY, USA
如果我能夠從頭活過如筛，
我會(huì)試著犯更多的錯(cuò)堡牡。
我會(huì)放松一點(diǎn)。
我會(huì)靈活一點(diǎn)妙黍。
我會(huì)比這一趟過得傻悴侵。
很少有什么事能讓我當(dāng)真。
我會(huì)瘋狂一點(diǎn)拭嫁。
我會(huì)少講究些衛(wèi)生可免。
我會(huì)冒更多的險(xiǎn)。
我會(huì)更經(jīng)常地旅行做粤。
我會(huì)爬更多的山浇借，游更多的河，看更多的日落怕品。
我會(huì)多吃冰激淋妇垢，少吃豆子。
我會(huì)惹更多麻煩，可是不在想象中擔(dān)憂闯估。
你看灼舍，我小心翼翼地穩(wěn)健地理智地活著，
一個(gè)又一個(gè)小時(shí)涨薪，一天又一天骑素。
噢，我有過難忘的時(shí)刻刚夺，如果我能夠重來一次献丑，
我會(huì)要更多這樣的時(shí)刻。
事實(shí)上侠姑，我不需要?jiǎng)e的什么创橄。
僅僅是時(shí)刻，一個(gè)接著一個(gè)莽红，
而不是每天都操心著往后的漫長(zhǎng)日子妥畏。
我曾經(jīng)不論到哪里去都不忘記帶上
溫度計(jì)，熱水壺安吁，漱口杯咖熟，雨衣和降落傘。
如果我能夠重來一次柳畔，我會(huì)到處走走馍管，
什么都試試，并且輕裝上路薪韩。
如果我能夠從頭活過确沸，我會(huì)延長(zhǎng)打赤腳的時(shí)光，
從盡早的春天到盡晚的秋天俘陷。
從盡早的春天到盡晚的秋天罗捎。
我會(huì)更經(jīng)常地逃學(xué)。
我不會(huì)考那么高的分?jǐn)?shù)拉盾，除非是一不小心桨菜。
我會(huì)多騎些旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬。
我會(huì)采更多的雛菊捉偏。
納丁-斯待爾倒得，時(shí)年八十七歲
