When the late Nadine Stair of Louisville,
Kentucky, was 85 years old, she was asked what she would do if she had
her life to live over again.
"I'd make more mistakes next time,"
she said. "I'd relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have
been on this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take
more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would
eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual
troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
"You see, I'm one
of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after
day. Oh, I've 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 of each day. I've
been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer,
a hot water bottle, and a raincoat. If I had to do it over again, I
would travel lighter than I have.
"If I had my life to live
over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way
later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more
merry-go-rounds and I would pick more daisies."
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