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Of course, you can’t unfry an egg, but there is no law against thinking about it.
If I had my life to live over, I would try to make more mistakes.
I would relax. I know of very few things that I would take seriously.
I would go more places. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and less bran.
I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary troubles.
You see, I have been one of those fellows who live prudently and sanely, hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I have had my moments. But if I had it to do over again, I would have more of them – a lot more.
I never go anywhere without a thermometer, a gargle, a raincoat and a parachute.
If I had it to do over, I would travel lighter.
If I had my life to live over, I would pay less attention to people telling us we must learn Latin or History; otherwise we will be disgraced and ruined and flunked and failed.
I would seek out more teachers who inspire relaxation and fun.
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefooted a little earlier in the spring and stay that way a little later in the fall.
I would shoot more paper wads at my teachers.
I would keep later hours.
I’d have more sweethearts.
I would go to more circuses.
I would be carefree as long as I could, or at least until I got some care- instead of having my cares in advance.
I doubt, however, that I’ll do much damage with my creed.
The opposition is too strong.
There are too many serious people trying to get everybody else to be too darned serious.
(there are several versions of this text circulating in Internet. The one above is attributed to Don Harold)
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No, thank you. Once is enough for me. You know, the culture globally ‘sucks’ on this planet.
I might be interested though in something completely different and probably more interesting in another galaxy!
If I had my life to live over I would obviously roam around the mountains,experience almost every inn,taste the mode of night time revelries,would quarrel more with my rivals,would write more stories, would spend some time alone on broad sunlight.Because, some shades are perfectly understood on silence & solitude.
If I had my life to live over, i would just change. do every and any thing i ever thought of doing but was so concerned with the consequences.. and be who i am.. the real me, not some society puppet, what ever society agrees on i do and what ever society sees as inappropriate i go away from, even if it was on my own expense
in reality we say tht we learn frm experience… WE DO LEARN FRM EXPERIENCE AND WHEN WE DO THT THING AGAIN IN WHICH THE MISTAKE WAS DONE…WE RECTIFY IT REMEMBBERING THE EXPERIENCE…”LIFE IS THE ONLY THING WHICH CANNOT BE RELIVED AFTER EXPERIENCE …..” THE EXPERIENCE WE GAIN IS TO BE PREACHED TO OTHERS …THE YOUNG AND UPCOMING PEOPLE WHO ARE PRONE TO SIMILAR MISTAKES….ATLEAST THEY WILL LIVE A BETTER LIFE…WE CAN BE THE TEACHERS WHO INSPIRE RELAXATION AND FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I still have my life to live over;my family.they are my life,my mistakes, my challenge to live on.my everything on this beutiful mother earth.they are my life to live over again and again and again.Thank you,Mr.Paulo COELHO,you always give me courage to work up with my family.You teach me how to deal with them of your inspiring words and thinking.GANBATTE KUDASAI.
Hola,me encanta hacer lectura y por supuesto he leido casi tosos tus libros, algo curioso, estabA YO realizando mis practicas en un hospital Psiquiatrico y me ayudo mucho y la use en muchos analisis tu libro VERONIKA DECIDE MORIR muy buena, eres encantador.enseñas a VIVIR Y A DEFENDER LA VIDA, Gracias hasta pronto obrigado por sua presencia en noso camino.
if i had my life to live over i will light candles more
and I will not fall in love with my bestfriend
wow :(
Love happens . and it happens for both hearts together! You cant define your “best friend” and you cant define your “lover” .. both happens…
May be you would like to say that you would let love happen … even if it happens with your best friend!! .. As love just happens and it happens like the rain drops from the sky
ME ENCANTAS,CON TUS HISTORIAS E PODIDO DESCUBRIR MUNDOS NUEVOS ERES MI HEROE EN SIERTO MODO ME SALBASTE. CON TUS CONSEJOS. GRACIAS
Usted es una persona importantísima para mí en este período de mí vida, sus libros, los que he podido leer, sobre todo a Orillas del río Piedras me han servido de guía espiritual, su palabra le hace falta con urgencia a todas las personas de este mundo. Gracias por existir. Desde Cuba, Martha Saco
am not going to change my life bcoz i have 3 precious gems which are my kids….
Happy New year. If I had to live my life over, I would not change thing. What I am today is a product of what I am now. What I am is thankful.
Correction: What I am today is a product of what happened yesterday.
:) not possible, so accept, forgive,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQfjIw3mivc
Happy new Year xx
i will! no matter what .. smiles
Ikeep wondering how old leaves fall and new one springs up- you never know the gift of God unless you are debarred from one of these.
How about thanking GOD for the beautiful mind and its associates gifted to us by the same almighty- let us live and let others live.It is so prudent to ponder upon that the world around us is so maligned – they hardly leave you space to breathe … and yet i dare to take a step forward which may eventually lead to the top of the mountain.
Let us be positive and breathe fresh air..
Happy new year
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Life is for living…
I welcome challenges and change…
The only way for me to grow is to do things differently from yesterday…
The old way doesn’t mean it is the right way…
My laughter is contagious and my spirit is bold…
And, I always give my best…
There’s no reason to worry, when I gave my best…
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If I had my life to live over, I would listen carefully to others silence. I would pay more attention to others eyes.
if I had my life to live over, I would give love, hope, time, happiness without anything in return.
…but…
just for this year I hope I still have time to.
Getting up there in years, I often look back with some regret at that which I didn’t do. If I had my life to do over, I would most definitely attempt them. Although I wouldn’t want to redo my entire life, having had my three wonderful sons and their six children, collectively, there was much that I would have changed beyond that.
SOY ARGENTINA Y CRECI CREYENDO Q ESTE TEXTO ES DE NUESTRO BORGES,DE TODOS MODOS ESTO NO CAMBIA NADA,Y SI YO TUVIERA LA POSIBILIDAD DE CAMBIAR COSAS DE MI PASADO,SI LO HARIA,PERO CREO X SOBRE TODAS LAS COSAS QUE LO QUE NO MATA FORTALECE,Y QUISIERA APLICAR ALGO DE ESTO EN LO QUE ME RESTA VIVIR,Y PARA PAULO MUCHOSSS EXITOSSS…EN EL AÑO PROXIMO A LLEGAR…..FELICIDADES……!!!!!!
you might not realise you need that mistakes until many years later when you have gone far and looked back.
you might not realise you need to enjoy more worry less until your living circumstances change
you might not realise it would probably be better to do it now when you thought you would have, bcos, its never too late……..cheers
Good Paolo Coelho,
I have read 11 minutes and Alkemisti for finnish and I really liked both.
In Alkemisti, you have vraiment cathed the spirit of seeking love, happines and purpose in peoples lives.
I think the looking back and make a criticks about wrong mistakes is not relevant.
My great uncle said : Everything what happens is good =
Kaikki mikä tapahtuu on hyväksi.
Thank You : Anna Petsorowo
dear sir,
if i had my life to live over, i wud shed all my pseudo faces $ be myself, this s what u always inspire people to do .
I wish to go on with it diligently, but I am beginning to look forward to the other side. THis world is doomed. I take solace from the NEW TESTAMENT.
Dear Mr. Coelho,
I saw a picture asian girl, and i’m very curious.It is pity you don’t see her face, i’m sure she is good looking jus’t like me.I love to read this all over and over again.You know it’s very adventure,erotic,funny,naughty and the most is very temting(verleijdelijk in dutch).”What do you mean you would eat ice cream lees brans.”I could litterally imagine and see tha cute little boy exist again.Wish you all the best and your wish comes true Happy New Year and to everyone.
To be honestly, I was not reading that book at all, because my husband bought 4 me, in dutch langguage and I prefered english to read a book. Anyway, I was really surprised me, some of my comment I can not believed that I wroted those comment. Do you like my comment doesn’t offended anyone, I know I have few comments on you’re site, its really amazed me. And now I can look back( reading my comment ),I really have to laughed about it…..But this are all fantasy not in reality what my concerned..I am a decent mother w/ two kids and living together with my husband….Kind Regards xxx
If I had my life to live over…I would party even more!
If i had to live my life over i would remember the shadow of a life that I live now
I would remember the insanity behind my deep need for love, to just belong.
I would remember the date of my fathers death so I could hear his voice one more time;
And lastly I would remember to forget every bump and every hurt..
One love traci
If I had my life to live over, I would change absolutely nothing, because in spite of all the mistakes, all the pain, all the failures, I was granted one special miracle, my son, and any change I might make in the past might lead to a different life path, one that does not include him. He is worth every tear I ever shed, every heartbreak, every dispair, because they all eventually led to his birth. But it is good to think it through and realize that for all the things that I think I’m missing and all the regrets that I allow to poison my life every day, I do have something so special to make it all worth it. Thank you, Paulo Coelho, for making me think. This is a very special gift for the holidays!
Beautifully put. Thank you for reminding me. I too have a son.
Cada dia. Every day is that “NEW YEAR”, and the failure to make NOW the right decision will haunt us into death.
Stop reflecting, begin acting.
I am doing all that already…
If I had my life to live over, yes I would do all those things and more. I would make many more mistakes, I wouldn’t care so much what people say. I wouldn’t be so serious.
Normally, I am introverted and shy. From a young age, since a teenager, I had to wear a mother’s hat. There were tragic situations in which I was the one taking care of everyone, the peace maker, the one everyone would turn to to spill out their problems to talk. I didn’t afford myself the freedom to just Be because I was always taking care and making sure everyone is fine and ok. It was always others before myself, I was burdened with everyone else’s problems, I carried them with me…. and this didn’t leave much room for me to feel free and be and make mistakes i couldn’t afford to make any mistakes. I had to keep it all together for everyone else.
Thanks to my beloved Master I have changed much through his teachings… In the recent past I’ve heard near ones say what happened to you, you were always the together one, you were always the sane one from all of us, we’d always come to you… well, I feel happy to be making mistakes and not caring so much and not being so serious, it truly is LIBERATING!!!! and still I have lots of room to make more and more mistakes, not be so serious and uptight!!
I thank you my Dearest from the bottom of my heart!
I LOVE YOU!!!
I shouldn’t say if i had my life to live over, but rather the rest of my life. Since I wouldn’t be who and where I am had I not lived the life I lived.
And where I am is exactly where I’m supposed to be on my path and journey to my personal legend.
I wonder what the new year will bring for us all… lets get going on some more great adventures!
IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LVE OVER OVER; I WOULDN’T CHANGE A SINGLE THING.
Boa tarde Guerreiro
Gosto mto qdo vc coloca textos q sempre recebemos pela internet, qdo fala de outros autores, conhecidos ou não.
Conheci mtos autores por causa de vc. Khalil Gibran li por sua causa.
Li um livro mto bom chamado ” O Evangelho Maltrapilho”, já leu?
É um livro lindo, q mostra o Deus do Amor e de misericóridia gigantes no qual acredito.
Já virei a curva dos 30, mas até 85, tem mto tempo pra viver bem e melhor do que hoje.
Acredito nisso, e vc é um dos anjos q me faz acreditar.
Q Deus te conceda a cada dia a Força do Primeiro Passo, em cada novo desafio.
Q maria siga na frente,
Deus te ilumine!
Amo vc Guerreiro
( e fico com ciúme pq vc tuita com TODAS menos comigo rs)
Ahhhhhh!!! A new year which I feel would be a great one to me, just like the beginning of a new era.
What I want for this year to come is to take much more risks, make so many more mistakes and most important, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy as much as I can every moment…
May Love be always on your way, and your wishes come true!
Love
Olta
If I had to live my over, I would pay attention to my instincts more. In retrospect, they were always right – even when I did not listen to them.
I would have listened and followed more of what my dad (God) has to say to me. Because what most of us regret are the things which he don’t want us to do.
He want us to love all and hate none, be happy and to make others happy as well, to live every moment to the fullest and so on………
Isn’t it ……
Sí, quiero tener la oportunidad de tener una vida longeva y saludable física, mental, emocionalmente, hasta el día en que la Ciencia domine el transplante de cerebro de forma 100% exitosa para la persona que lo recibe, para así dejar este mundo en plena felicidad, sabiendo que dejo a mi hijo Autista con todas las herramientas normativas para retomar su vida en forma, productiva, independiente, autosustentable y que se convierta en un Filántropo; no cambio ni modifico nada de mi vida…he vivido y he dejado vivir.
SIMPLEMENTE ERES MI IDOLO….GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR, TANTAS ENSEÑANSAS, TANTOS CONSEJOS, QUE EN TODOS LOS MOMENTOS DE MI VIDA ME SACAN ADELANTE.
SIEMPRE ENCUENTRO LA RESPUESTA, EN TUS PENSAMIENTOS, Y GRACIAS POR ENSEÑARME A VIVIR DE NUEVO, PERO SORE TODO A VIVIR FELIZ…..
GRACIAS …TE ADORO Y QUE ESTE AÑO SEA MEJOR PARA TI…
BESOS
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