For 2010, I will…
Written on Thursday, 31 of December, 2009 at 12:27 am
It’s almost 2010! Aside from fulfilling my usual goals of learning Nihonggo, going to Japan, putting up my own income-generating-asset-business, saving up to 300K, and getting a life insurance for my parents, I intend to do the things Jorge Luis Borge failed to do when he was still my age and only realized it when he was already 85 and dying:
Instantes (Instants)
If I were able to live my life a new,
In the next I would try to commit more errors.
I would not try to be so perfect, I would relax more.
I would be more foolish than I’ve been,
In fact, I would take few things seriously.
I would be less hygienic.
I would run more risks,
take more vacations,
contemplate more sunsets,
climb more mountains, swim more rivers.
I would go to more places where I’ve never been,
I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans,
I would have more real problems and less imaginary ones.I was one of those people that lived sensibly
and prolifically each minute of his life;
Of course I had moments of happiness.
If I could go back I would try
to have only good moments.Because if you didn’t know, of that is life made:
only of moments; Don’t lose the now.I was one of those that never
went anywhere without a thermometer,
a hot-water bottle,
an umbrella, and a parachute;
If I could live again, I would travel lighter.If I could live again,
I would begin to walk barefoot from the beginning of spring
and I would continue barefoot until autumn ends.
I would take more cart rides,
contemplate more dawns,
and play with more children,
If I had another life ahead of me.But already you see, I am 85,
and I know that I am dying.
Carpe Diem. Live life. Choose to be happy. For life is just too short to waste it on regrets.
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