If I Could Go Back

If I could go back, I wouldn't confuse love with infatuation. I wouldn't confuse want with need. I wouldn't throw off friendship hoping for popularity. I would learn more about the arts and less of sports. I wouldn't always say "me too" when my heart was saying "not me". I would say no when I wasn't sure and yes only when I was. I would choose my friends based on who they were rather than what others claimed they were. I wouldn't wait until I was sixty-nine to tell everybody what I believed, how I felt and what I had on my mind.