All 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 sand-pile at my country School.
These are the 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 work
every day
some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out into the world,
watch out for traffic,
hold hands,
and stick together.
Be aware of wonder.
Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup:
the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody
really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even
the little seed in the Styrofoam cup-they all die.
So do we.
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books
and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all –
LOOK.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.
The Golden Rule
and love
and basic sanitation.
Ecology and politics
and equality
and
sane living.
Take any of those items and extrapolate it into
sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your
family life or your work or your government
or your world and it holds true and clear and firm.
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 sand-pile at my country School.
These are the 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 work
every day
some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out into the world,
watch out for traffic,
hold hands,
and stick together.
Be aware of wonder.
Remember the little seed in the styrofoam cup:
the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody
really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even
the little seed in the Styrofoam cup-they all die.
So do we.
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books
and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all –
LOOK.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere.
The Golden Rule
and love
and basic sanitation.
Ecology and politics
and equality
and
sane living.
Take any of those items and extrapolate it into
sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your
family life or your work or your government
or your world and it holds true and clear and firm.
Soundtrack: Linus & Lucy
Think what a better world it would be if all
- the whole world -
had cookies and milk about three o'clock every
afternoon
and then lay down with our blankies for a nap.
Or if all governments had a basic policy
to always put things back where they
found them and to clean up their own mess.
- the whole world -
had cookies and milk about three o'clock every
afternoon
and then lay down with our blankies for a nap.
Or if all governments had a basic policy
to always put things back where they
found them and to clean up their own mess.
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| And it is still true, no matter how old you are – when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together. -All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten ~Robert Fulghum |
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MorningStar Inspiration from Dawn Cove Abbey
Article, haiku, humour and poem contributions are welcomed, and gratefully received
Layout & Design by DawnStar
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