219. 'There must be many fun things about being poor. Otherwise, there is no way so many people would be poor.'
The last wish of a lifetime
If I could live my life over again...
Next time, I would make many, many more mistakes.
I would relax more, loosen my shoulders, and be a foolish person.
I don't need to be a perfect person; it's fine to be a foolish one.
I would be more embarrassed, foolish, make a scene, and act like an idiot.
There is no need to worry about anything in this life.
If I could live my life over again...
Next time, I would like to live much more uncleanly and unhygienically.
I would live more sloppily, happily, and it would be fine to be irresponsible.
I would never be serious, and it would be fine to be a more flexible person.
I would be more intense, laughed at, hated, and act like an idiot.
There is no need to agonize over this life.
If I could live my life over again...
Next time, I would live seeking many successes.
I want to seize many, many more chances and go to places I have never been before.
I want to eat much, much more delicious food, stuff my cheeks with much, much more ice cream, and drink alcohol.
I will never manage my health, and even if I fall ill, I will not rely on medicine or the like.
There is no need to think seriously about this life and suffer.
If I could live my life over again...
I would throw away my shoes and try walking barefoot.
I would walk much, much more on my own two feet and have many more adventures.
I would bathe in much, much more morning sunlight, watch the sunset, and play at amusement parks.
I would never be bound by time or the like, and I would play much, much more with children.
There is no need to worry about what others think in this life.
If I could live my life over again...
...but, as you can see, I cannot live my life over again.
Aren't we thinking about our lives too strictly?
We confine ourselves within established frameworks, worry about what others think, harbor fear and anxiety toward an unseen future, brace ourselves, worry, suffer, and fret...
Let us be much, much more relaxed, have fun, be reckless, act like fools, and enjoy life to the fullest.
In this life, there is still time left.
In this life, there are a few days left.
In this life, you cannot start over, but that is precisely why it is worth living.
Because there is no such thing as perfection in life.
By American humorist Don Herold, creative translation by coucou
(From the October 1953 issue of Reader's Digest)
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Conscience, a cartoon by Don Herold, 'Long Live the Kaiser'—! Poems and sketches by an American journalist and humorist (1917)
Don Herold (July 9, 1889 – June 1, 1966) was an American humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist who wrote and illustrated many books and contributed to national magazines.
Biography: He was born in Bloomfield, Indiana, to Otto F. Herold and Clara Dyer Herold.
He graduated from high school in 1907 and attended the Art Institute of Chicago before transferring to Indiana University in 1908.
He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913. He married Katherine Porter Brown on August 12, 1916, and they had two children.
One of them was the writer Doris Herold Lund.
He lived in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s, and in New York City from 1940 to 1962. He passed away in Vero Beach, Florida.
Perhaps one of his most famous works is the poem 'I'd Pick More Daisies,' which was published in Reader's Digest in 1953.
It is 'instant' and has been falsely attributed to Jorge Luis Borges. The genuine poem written by Don Herold has also been falsely attributed to Nadine Stair.
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This is coucou. Greetings to everyone!
This is a sequel to YES short story 129, 'If you were to say goodbye to this world, what final words would you leave behind?'
There is so little information available about Don Herold, who passed away about 57 years ago, that it took time just to conduct the research.
His words have taken on a life of their own, and it seems various celebrities have used the preceding text as their own, but when checking the dates they were created, most were just freely interpreted or altered.
However, the fact remains that he left behind such brilliant writing and words. Also, I feel that these ironic and humorous words, created 105 years ago, are still very much alive today.
I have obtained some of those words and would like to introduce them to you.
'There must be many fun things about being poor. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people who are poor.'
'Work is the best thing in the world. So, why not save a little for tomorrow?'
'If earning money is so hard, why impose upon yourself the suffering of saving it?'
'It takes many things to prove that you are wise. But it only takes one thing to prove your ignorance.'
'Vanity is the companion of fools.'
'Of all the sad things in this world, there is nothing sadder than knowing many things but being unable to do anything about them due to one's own powerlessness.'
'Unhappiness is not knowing what you want, yet '
wearing yourself out trying to get it.'
'Babies are a very good way to start people.'
- From the words of Don Herold -
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