55 Famous Alibis 「55の有名なアリバイ」
1. IF only I didn't have a wife and family...
2. IF only I had enough "pull"...
3. IF only I had money...
4. IF only I had a good education...
5. IF only I could get a job...
6. IF only I had good health...
7. IF only I had time...
8. IF only times were better...
9. IF only other people understood me...
10. IF only conditions around me were different...
11. IF only I could live my life over again...
12. IF only I did not fear what "they" would say...
13. IF only I had been given a chance...
14. IF only I now had a chance...
15. IF only other people didn't "have it in for me"...
16. IF only nothing happened to stop me...
17. IF only I were younger...
18. IF only I could do what I want...
19. IF only I had been born rich...
20. IF only I could meet "the right people"...
21. IF only I had the talent some people have...
22. IF only I dared assert myself...
23. IF only I had embraced past opportunities..
24. IF only people didn't get on my nerves...
25. IF only I didn't have to keep house and look after the children...
26. IF only I could save more money...
27. IF only the boss appreciated me...
28. IF only I had somebody to help me...
29. IF only my family understood me...
30. IF only I lived in a big city...
31. IF only I could just get started...
32. IF only I were free...
33. IF only I had the personality of some people...
34. IF only I were not so far...
35. IF only my talents were known...
36. IF only I could just get a "break"...
37. IF only I could get out of debt...
38. IF only I hadn't failed...
39. IF only I knew how...
40. IF only everybody didn't oppose me...
41. IF only I didn't have so many worries...
42. IF only I could marry the right person...
43. IF only people weren't so dumb...
44. IF only my family were not so extravagant...
45. IF only I were sure of myself...
46. IF only luck were not against me...
47. IF only I had not been born under the wrong star...
48. IF only it were not true that "what is to be will be"...
49. IF only I did not have to work so hard...
50. IF only I hadn't lost my money...
51. IF only I lived in a different neighborhood...
52. IF only I didn't have a "past"...
53. IF only I had a business of my own...
54. IF only other people would listen to me...
55. IF only - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with me and correct it. Then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others. I know there is something wrong with me or I would nowbe where I would have been if I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.