Instants

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

Jorge Luis Borges