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？
　　
　　If I had my life to live over...I would have talked less and listened more.
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　　I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was strained and the sofa faded.
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8 t0 ]5 k# B; V, r　　I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.
　　
　　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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　　I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
　　
! s* D1 K; S" Q$ N% i  W　　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.
　　
　　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.
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3 ^2 Z) A, }( C0 Y) _, a; j% I8 [3 q　　I would never have bought anything just because it was practical,would not show soil or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
　　
" [7 z, ~: ~# R8 b  F7 ]% ]$ n　　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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* N; J% V/ ]+ H　　如果有來生，我會少說多聽；
　　
　　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;
　　
* B* z: _) h7 q2 A3 C2 W- n0 w+ j　　如果有來生，我會多聽聽祖父嘮叨他的青年時代……；
　　
! G5 y2 I+ N$ q7 b$ [; }( I! B　　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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　　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;
　　
　　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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8 t1 R/ m  ?8 s+ z$ S/ R4 P　　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；
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　　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;
　　
　　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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& _: f2 \' L0 j: g  q　　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