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 RIGHT THERE IN THE SANDBOX AT
NURSERY SCHOOL. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT 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 SOME. EVERY DAY.
TAKE
A NAP EVERY AFTERNOON.
WHEN YOU GO OUT INTO 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 ARE 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
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
AND LOVE AND BASIC SANITATION. ECOLOGY AND POLITICS AND 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 IF WE HAD A BASIC POLICY IN OUR NATION AND ALL 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 INTO THE WORLD, IT IS BEST TO HOLD HANDS AND STICK TOGETHER. |