If I Had My Life to Live Over

[layla]

If I Had My Life to Live Over
by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying of cancer)

• 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 have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage
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• I would have talked less and listened more
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• I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained or the sofa faded
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• 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
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• I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble on about his youth
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• I would never have insisted the car window be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed
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• I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass satins
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• I would have cried and laughed less while watching television- and more while watching life
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• I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn’t show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime
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• Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and
• realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle
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• When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said “Later, now go get washed up for dinner
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• There would have been more “I love you”s. more “I’m sorry”s
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• 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
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• Stop sweating the small stuff. Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what
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• Instead let’s cherish the relationships we have with those who DO love us
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• Let’s think abut what God HAS blessed us with
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• And what we are doing each day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally, as well as spiritually
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• LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LET IT PASS YOU BY.

[Government]

بالله خرج تنزلولنا شريط الترجمة تحت متل تبع الافلام هادا

[butterfly]

نقلتا من الصالون لهون
بتجنن للوش
يسلمو ايديكي

[smumin]

Layla, it is GREAT.....eveyr word is true....you changed my mood darling..thanks