·Anonymous·
IfIwereaboyagain，Iwouldcultivatece.“Nothingissomildaleasce，nothingsocruelandpitilessascowardice.”saysawiseauthor.Wetoooftenborrowtrouble，andanticipatethatthatmayneverappear.“Thefearofillexceedstheillwefear.”Dangerswillariseinanycareer，butthepresenindwilloftenquertheworstofthem.Bepreparedforanyfate，andthereisnoharmtobefeared.
IfIwereaboyagain，Iwouldlookonthecheerfulside.Lifeisverymuchlikeamirror:ifyousmileuponit，itsmilesbackuponyou；butifyoufrownandlookdoubtfulonit，youwillgetasimilarlookiurn.Innersunshinewarmsnotonlytheheartoftheowner，butofallthateintactwithit.“Whoshutsloveout，inturnshallbeshutoutfromlove.”
IfIwereaboyagain，Iwouldsyselftosay“no”moreoften.Imightwritepagesontheimportanceoflearningveryearlyinlifetogainthatpointwhereayoungboysta，anddeedoinganunworthyactbecauseitisunworthy.
IfIwereaboyagain，Iwoulddemandofmyselfmorecourtesytowardsmypanionsandfriends，andiowardsstrangersaswell.Thesmallestcourtesiesalongtheroughroadsoflifearelikethelittlebirdsthatsingtousallwinterlong，andmakethatseasonofidsnowmoreendurable.
Finally，instead??hard?to?be?happy，as?if?that?were?the?solepurpose?of?life，I?would，if?I?were?a?boy?again，I?would?still?try?harder?tomake?others?happy.?