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IF I KNEW

IF I KNEW IF I KNEW TODAY WOULD BE MY LAST DAY, I WOULD….. LAUGH HARD AT ALL THE THINGS I ALWAYS WANTED TO SMILE AT EVERYONE I SEE TELL MY YOUNGER SELF, “You did your best” SAY SORRY TO MY REFLECTION—FOR ALL THE TIMES I DOUBTED HER WATCH THE CLOUDS DRIFT AND NAME THEM AFTER MEMORIES HUG AS MANY PEOPLE AS I COULD GET MY ARMS AROUND CALL MY FAMILY AND TELL THEM I LOVE THEM CALL MY OLD FRIENDS AND “Remember When” DRESS UP IN SOMETHING WHIMSICAL EAT ALL MY FAVORITE FOODS LISTEN TO MY FAVORITE SONGS OPEN ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS AND LET THE BREEZE FILL THE AIR STEP OUTSIDE AND LISTEN TO THE WIND AND THE BIRDSONGS HOPE FOR RAIN, SO THAT I COULD DANCE IN THE RAIN ONE LAST TIME LOOK AT THE NIGHT SKY AND STARS AND KNOW HEAVEN WAS WAITING STAND STILL, COMPLETELY STILL, AND LISTEN TO MY OWN HEARTBEAT SAY A GRATEFUL PRAYER TO GOD FOR EVERYDAY HE GAVE ME ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FORGIVE EVERYONE SMILE BETTER. "Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." — Robert Brault

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