John Droge
06-10-2004, 03:07 PM
All I ever needed to Know I learned in Kindergarten
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do,
and
how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of
the
graduate school mountain but there in the sandbox at the nursery
school.
These are things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit
people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own
mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt
somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and
cold
milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think
some
and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and everyday some.
Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out in the world, watch for
traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember
the
little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes
up
and nobody really knows how or why, but we're all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the
plastic cup - they all die. So do we.
And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you
learned the biggest word of all; LOOK! Everything you need to know
is in
there somewhere - the Golden Rule, love, basic sanitation, ecology,
politics and sane living.
Think what a better world it would be if we all - the world - had
cookies
and milk about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our
blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and
other
nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up
our
own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you
go
out in the world, it's best to hold hands and stick together.
Robert Fulgrum,
Kansas City Times
AA--Hold Hands and Stick Together
John
Most of what I really need to know about how to live, and what to do,
and
how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of
the
graduate school mountain but there in the sandbox at the nursery
school.
These are things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit
people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own
mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt
somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and
cold
milk are good for you. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think
some
and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and everyday some.
Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out in the world, watch for
traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember
the
little seed in the plastic cup. The roots go down and the plant goes
up
and nobody really knows how or why, but we're all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the
plastic cup - they all die. So do we.
And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you
learned the biggest word of all; LOOK! Everything you need to know
is in
there somewhere - the Golden Rule, love, basic sanitation, ecology,
politics and sane living.
Think what a better world it would be if we all - the world - had
cookies
and milk about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our
blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and
other
nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up
our
own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you
go
out in the world, it's best to hold hands and stick together.
Robert Fulgrum,
Kansas City Times
AA--Hold Hands and Stick Together
John