IF!!!

[CailinDeas]

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO
LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).
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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.
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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.

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.

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

>I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

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

I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

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

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 and realized 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, 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.. STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what
Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us...

[Kiki-frog]

So poignant. Got me thinking about the silly time-wasting things I do. Like refusing to snog OH when I've just put on lippy.

[Smowball]

Awwww I like that.

[EvianBaby]

Could someone break this down into no more than 140 characters for me please.

[mccfluff]

do stuff and enjoy life while you can

[EvianBaby]

Ah, Um. Ok. Thanks Fluff.

[AB Editor]

"Don't worry about the little things (except on your deathbed where you should write a letter about it)" :)

[EvianBaby]

Lol, that actually might be my next Tweet.

[Old_Geezer]

For most, if not all of us, our 'should do's make a long list but our 'actually do's don't exactly match. It's difficult to be the perfect person one would wish ourselves to be; it seems to take too much from being what we are most confortable being.

[AB Editor]

"It's difficult to be the perfect person one would wish ourselves to be"

Especially with hindsight.