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All I Really Need To Know

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:49:26 GMT

All I Really Need To Know

About How To Live and What To Do And How To Be,

I learned in Kindergarten.

by Robert Fulghum

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 there somewhere. The Golden Rule and
love and basic sanitation, ecology, and politics and the sane living.
Think of what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had
cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets
for a nap.
Or we had a basic policy in our nation and other
nations to always put things back where we found them and clean up our own messes.
And it is still true; no matter how old you are, when you go
out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

--- Robert Fulghum

HANG IN THERE

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:28:35 GMT

HANG IN THERE
by Douglas Pagels

Difficulties arise in the lives of us all.
What is more important is dealing with
the hard times, coping with the changes,
and getting through to the other side
where the sun is still shining just for you.

It takes a strong person to deal with
tough time and difficult choices. But
You are a strong person. It takes ccourage.
But you possess the inner courage to see
you through. It takes being an active
participant in your life. But you are in
the driver’s seat, and you can determine
the direction you want tomorrow to go in.

Hang in there… and take care to see
that you don’t lose sight of the one
thing that is constant, beautiful, and
true: Everything will be fine ----and it
will turn out that way because of the
special kind of person you are.

So…beginning today and lasting a
lifetime through ---- hang in there, and
don’t be afraid to feel like the morning
sun is shining….just for you.

GIRLS IN MY CIRCLE

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:34:00 GMT

When I was little, I used to believe in the concept of one best friend.

and then I started to become a woman.

And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up,

God would show you the best in many friends.

One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man.

Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your
mom.

Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your
children and their activities.

Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.

One friend will say, "Let's cry together,"

another, "Let's fight together,"

another, "Let's walk away together."

One friend will meet your spiritual need,

another your shoe fetish,

another your love for movies,

another will be with you in your season of confusion,

another will be your clarifier,

another the wind beneath your wings.

But whatever their assignment in your life,

on whatever the occasion,

on whatever the day,

or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym shoes on and hair

pulled back, or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself ..

those are your best friends.

It may all be wrapped up in one woman,

but for many, it's wrapped up in several.

one from 7th grade,

one from high school,

several from the college years,

a couple from old jobs,

on some days your mother,

on some days your neighbor,

on others, your sisters,

and on some days, your daughters.

So whether they've been your friend for 20 minutes or 20 years,

pass this on to the women that God has placed in your life

to make a difference.

I don't know who the author is, a friend just shared it with me and has loved it since then.