IF I COULD LIVE MY LIFE OVER, WOULD I LIVE DIFFERENTLY? Yes, I would…
1. Not have eaten that bucket of un-ripened cherry’s when I was ten.
2. Not have touched the electric fence at my Grandpa’s farm. It was a shocking experience to say the least.
3. Have listened to my mother when she told me not to climb to the top of the apple tree in my front yard (I fell down and almost broke my neck).
4. Have taken my father’s advice when I bought my first car (it was a real lemon to the point that when we drained the radiator, lemonade came out!
5. I would not have eaten a half gallon of ice cream at one setting (oh, was I sick!). Fortunately, I got over it!
6. Not have gone on that “snipe” hunt when I was a Tenderfoot Boy Scout.
7. Not have stood up in the canoe as a teenager (the river was very cold in Toronto in April).
8. Have put sun screen on when I sun-bathed.
9. Not have put my tongue on the steel frame of my sled as I cascaded down the hill in mid-January. It took 4 hours to stop the bleeding!
10. Not have climbed up the poison ivy-laden tree to fetch our cat who was afraid to come down.
11. Have taken the Red Cross swimming training class instead of being thrown into the river by some “toughs.” I almost drowned; but for my cousin, I would have.
12. Not have gone on the whale sighting cruise in British Columbia where I got unbelievably seasick.
13. Have brushed my teeth after every meal and thereby saved several choppers.
14. Have passed on the root canal because the dentist slipped and hit a nerve while poking around up in there. I let out a yelp and vowed I’d never go through that again.
15. Not have yanked on my neighbor’s cat’s tail when I was about seven years old. I still have the scars to prove it.
16. Have dug the trench around my pup tent, thereby avoiding a floating sleeping bag (with me in it!).
17. Not have cut down the tree on the golf course and dragged it home. My father said we couldn’t afford a Christmas tree that year, so I took it upon my self to secure one. Only problem was that the caretaker saw me do it (I was just a boy at the time). No supper that night!
18. Not have thrown those rocks up on Mr. VanderMortel’s front porch as a Halloween prank. Somehow he ID’d me and called my parents. I paid dearly for that.
As you can see, my life growing up was just a series of unfortunate happenings. I lived under a cloud of almost daily despair due to some wrong choices. On the other hand, think about the lessons learned. Perhaps it was a good thing that these blunders occurred. Experience can be a good teacher. Its only when these blunders are repeated that one’s sanity is questioned.
1. Not have eaten that bucket of un-ripened cherry’s when I was ten.
2. Not have touched the electric fence at my Grandpa’s farm. It was a shocking experience to say the least.
3. Have listened to my mother when she told me not to climb to the top of the apple tree in my front yard (I fell down and almost broke my neck).
4. Have taken my father’s advice when I bought my first car (it was a real lemon to the point that when we drained the radiator, lemonade came out!
5. I would not have eaten a half gallon of ice cream at one setting (oh, was I sick!). Fortunately, I got over it!
6. Not have gone on that “snipe” hunt when I was a Tenderfoot Boy Scout.
7. Not have stood up in the canoe as a teenager (the river was very cold in Toronto in April).
8. Have put sun screen on when I sun-bathed.
9. Not have put my tongue on the steel frame of my sled as I cascaded down the hill in mid-January. It took 4 hours to stop the bleeding!
10. Not have climbed up the poison ivy-laden tree to fetch our cat who was afraid to come down.
11. Have taken the Red Cross swimming training class instead of being thrown into the river by some “toughs.” I almost drowned; but for my cousin, I would have.
12. Not have gone on the whale sighting cruise in British Columbia where I got unbelievably seasick.
13. Have brushed my teeth after every meal and thereby saved several choppers.
14. Have passed on the root canal because the dentist slipped and hit a nerve while poking around up in there. I let out a yelp and vowed I’d never go through that again.
15. Not have yanked on my neighbor’s cat’s tail when I was about seven years old. I still have the scars to prove it.
16. Have dug the trench around my pup tent, thereby avoiding a floating sleeping bag (with me in it!).
17. Not have cut down the tree on the golf course and dragged it home. My father said we couldn’t afford a Christmas tree that year, so I took it upon my self to secure one. Only problem was that the caretaker saw me do it (I was just a boy at the time). No supper that night!
18. Not have thrown those rocks up on Mr. VanderMortel’s front porch as a Halloween prank. Somehow he ID’d me and called my parents. I paid dearly for that.
As you can see, my life growing up was just a series of unfortunate happenings. I lived under a cloud of almost daily despair due to some wrong choices. On the other hand, think about the lessons learned. Perhaps it was a good thing that these blunders occurred. Experience can be a good teacher. Its only when these blunders are repeated that one’s sanity is questioned.
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