The poem reflects on how the speaker would live their life differently if given a second chance. They would take fewer things seriously, take more risks, relax more, and be sillier. They would dare to make more mistakes, climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and eat more ice cream. The speaker lives a sensible life hour by hour, but wishes they had more spontaneous moments to live life to the fullest instead of always planning ahead.

1. A poem by Nadine Stair

2. If I had my life to live over...

3. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances .

4. I'd relax, I would limber up.

5. I would be sillier than I have been on this trip

6. I’d dare to make more mistakes next time

7. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers

8. I would eat more ice cream and less beans.

9. I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones

10. You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day.

11. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them.

12. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day

13. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute

14. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.

15. If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that later in fall.

16. I would go to more dances...

17. I would ride more merry-go-rounds

18. . I would pick more daisies…