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[00:05.243]If  I  Were  a  Boy  Again
[00:11.529]If  I  were  a  boy  again,
[00:13.368]I  would  practice  perseverance  oftener,
[00:17.298]and  never  give  up  a  thing  because  it  was  hard  or  inconvenient.
[00:21.820]If  we  want  light,
[00:22.976]we  must  conquer  darkness.
[00:25.435]If  I  were  to  live  my  life  over  again,
[00:29.756]I  would  pay  more  attention  to  the  cultivation  of  the  memory.
[00:33.979]I  would  strengthen  that  faculty  by  every  possible  means,
[00:37.775]and  on  every  possible  occasion.
[00:41.147]It  takes  a  little  hard  work  at  first  to  remember  things  accurately;
[00:45.167]but  memory  soon  helps  itself,
[00:47.611]and  gives  very  little  trouble.
[00:49.955]It  only  needs  early  cultivation  to  become  a  power.
[00:54.803]If  I  were  a  boy  again,
[00:56.995]I  would  look  on  the  cheerful  side.
[00:59.595]Life  is  very  much  like  a  mirror  if  you  smile  upon  it,
[01:03.651]it  smiles  back  upon  you;
[01:04.971]but  if  you  frown  and  look  doubtful  on  it,
[01:09.299]you  will  get  a  similar  look  in  return.
[01:12.334]Inner  sunshine  warms  not  only  the  heart  of  the  owner,
[01:15.866]but  of  all  that  come  in  contact  with  it.
[01:18.835]“Who  shuts  love  out,in  turn  shall  be  shut  from  love.”
[01:24.675]If  I  were  a  boy  again,
[01:26.676]I  would  school  myself  to  say “No ”oftener.
[01:30.479]I  might  write  pages  on  the  importance  of  learning  very  early  in  life
[01:34.912]to  gain  that  point  where  a  young  boy  can  stand  erect,
[01:38.343]and  decline  doing  an  unworthy  act  because  it  is  unworthy.
[01:45.114]If  I  were  a  boy  again,
[01:47.286]I  would  demand  of  myself  more  courtesy  towards  my  companions  and  friends,
[01:52.13]and  indeed  towards  strangers  as  well.
[01:55.322]The  smallest  courtesies  along  the  rough  roads  of  life
[01:58.510]are  like  the  little  birds  that  sing  to  us  all  winter  long,
[02:02.278]and  make  that  season  of  ice  and  snow  more  endurable.
[02:07.74]Finally,instead  of  trying  hard  to  be  happy,
[02:10.539]as  if  that  were  the  sole  purpose  of  life,
[02:13.250]I  would,if  I  were  a  boy  again,
[02:16.562]try  still  harder  to  make  others  happy.