Living life over

如果有來生，我會少說多聽；如果有來生，我會請朋友到家裡吃飯；如果有來生，我會聽祖父嘮叨他的青年時代……，如果有來生，你會怎樣？
　　
7 c% U; a% P4 G) h& x+ r& p  G　　If I had my life to live over...I would have talked less and listened more.
　　
6 t9 s  S; @% Q　　I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was strained and the sofa faded.
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+ T. x5 p3 y$ y8 d9 b/ C: ?　　I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.
　　
  s7 ]/ f4 A( ]　　I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
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8 \2 q4 X; {! g5 n4 k4 n2 {　　I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
　　
　　I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.
　　
　　I would have cried and laughed less while watching television-and more while watching life.
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: K- P8 u; g8 U/ {' `　　I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending theearth would go into a holding patter if I were not there for the day.
　　
# P8 h1 C/ @8 e; ?9 j/ ^　　I would never have bought anything just because it was practical,would not show soil or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
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　　There would have been more I love yous ... more I』m sorrys...butmostly, given another shots at life, I would seize every minute... lookat it and really see it...live it...and never give it back.
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3 d+ N9 N. L4 Y# v: X　　如果有來生，我會少說多聽；
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1 j6 S/ o2 u$ Q1 P　　如果有來生，我會請朋友來家裡吃飯, 即使我家只有皺巴巴的地毯和褪了色的沙發;
　　
　　如果有來生，我會多聽聽祖父嘮叨他的青年時代……；
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　　如果有來生，我不會再堅持大熱天的開著車窗, 爾只為炫耀我梳理得油光可鑒的髮型;
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: S. J. ]5 d  Q/ J. K# O　　如果有來生，我會選擇燃盡那根雕了玫瑰的紅蠟燭, 而不是任由它在儲藏室裡慢慢化掉;
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　　如果有來生，我會跟孩子們一起躺到草地上談心, 爾不去擔心褲子會弄髒;
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　　如果有來生，我會在真正的生活裡淚流滿面或是開懷大笑--而不是像現在一樣對著電視；
　　
　　如果有來生，我會在生病的時候選擇上床休息, 爾不是忙碌得好像一天沒有我地球就會停止轉動;
　　
7 u* f1 x* w! l9 n8 m　　如果有來生，我不會再去買那些只是看起來實用, 耐髒和保質期長的東西;
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　　如果真的還有來生的話，我會向更多的人說我愛你, 說更多的對不起...最重要的是, 只要給我一個來生, 我會緊緊抓住生命的每一分鐘...看著它, 真正去認識它...活出每一分鐘的精采...永不放過我所擁有的每一分鐘