If I Had It to Do Over Again, I'd Pick More Daisies

If I had it to do over again,
I’d try to make more mistakes next time,
I would relax a little,
I would limber up quite a bit, and be
A little sillier than I have been this trip.
I’d take more chances,
I’d take more nonsense journeys,
I would climb more mountains and swim
More rivers and watch more sunsets.
If I had my life to live again
I would start going barefooted earlier in the Spring
And I would stay that way until later in the Fall.
I would go more places,
I’d get up and go quickly and travel
Much lighter than I ever have and
I would go places I never dreamed I’d go.
I would ride more merry-go-rounds,
And I’d certainly pick more daisies.

Author Unknown
Published in the January 1987 parish Newsletter, “The Spirit.”