I Would Pick More Daisies

The internet is such a wonderful place. You only need to start with a word and it could take you to places that you couldn’t even dream of.

I don’t know how I started it but I ended up tumbling across this piece of inspirational story earlier today.  I would like to share it with you in case you haven’t seen it.  It reads:

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.”

It is such an uplifting piece. I think we need more of this more often.  Let’s talk up the economy.  Let’s open up, loosen up, and look up to the brighter side of life.  The world is only as beautiful as we can imagine it.

Besides, as the old saying goes: at time of adversity, there is always good opportunity.

Live Life, Junius.
p.s. the reference to Nadine Stair is found on the
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