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.
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.
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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. 1
                                                               After a while you learn the subtle difference
                                                       between holding a hand
                                                    
   and sharing a life,
                                               and you learn that love
                                              
 doesn't mean possession
                                       and company doesn't mean security
                              
 and loneliness is universal. 2
Acknowledgments:
[1] -All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten ~Robert Fulghum
[2] ~Veronica Shoffstall
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