If I Had My Life To Live Over

"If I had my life to live over again, ...
....I would relax. I would worry less, and put more trust in my Father in Heaven.
I know of very few things I would stress and worry over.
I would take more trips.
I would climb more mountains, swim more rivers and watch more sunsets.
I would do more walking and looking.
I would laugh more.
I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans.
I would have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones.

Oh, I've had my moments; and if I had my life to do over again, I'd have more of them (moments). In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead each day.
If I had it to do over again, I would go places, do things, and travel lighter than I have.

If I had my life to live over, I would ride on more roller coasters."

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quoted from the book "Stories for the Heart

May God Bless You with Discomfort

May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people

So that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears

To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war

So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them

And turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness

To believe that you can make a difference in the world,
So that you can do what others claim cannot be done

To bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.

This poem is a Franciscan Benediction found in Phillip Yancey's book "Prayer".

So I encourage you to re-read the benediction and to make it a prayer. And be warned, it is a wonderfully dangerous prayer to pray.

-Sam Harvey (Quoted by Mark Pouteaux)

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