Good morning all!! A quote for daily reading. =0)

jkleman79
jkleman79 Posts: 706 Member
edited September 29 in Motivation and Support
Goooooooooood MORNING or evening! =0) Hope all of my MFP friends are in fine shape this morning mentally and well of course we are physically because we are all kicking some tail losing weight and getting healthy. So I have seen this one long ago and still love reading it. Just wish life and the world were really as simple as kindergarten. I guess somewhere along the way we get in our own way, or forget the simple things in life. Today this is my challenge to everyone. I am SURE there is at least one thing on this list of kindergarten lesson plans that you are not doing. Lets make that change today and take a step back a few years and look at our lives and where we are today. I do hope everyone is having or had a beautiful day. Cheers to you all!! =0)

We Learned It All In Kindergarten
by: Robert Fulghum


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.

These are the things I learned. Save 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. Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some, and draw and sing and dance and play and
work every day some.

Take a nap in the 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 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 then remember the book about **** 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 had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then laid down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations always to 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.


P.S New people can search other quotes of the day by searching this heading, us OLD people haha! Nah we are not old..we are wise. LETS BUMP THIS!! =0) Spread the word!

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  • SaraWo24
    SaraWo24 Posts: 192 Member
    Love it! Bump!
  • mizpaden74
    mizpaden74 Posts: 3,850 Member
    ba-da-Bump!
  • Thanks for sharing--a great way to start the day! =)
  • Kym1610
    Kym1610 Posts: 328 Member
    All true ;)
  • shannieboo
    shannieboo Posts: 144 Member
    bump
  • grandmanita
    grandmanita Posts: 59 Member
    Bump de Bump
  • AWESOME!!!!
  • jkleman79
    jkleman79 Posts: 706 Member
    And then remember the book about **** 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.


    poor D*CK and Jane if they only knew that on MFP he wouldnt be allowed to have his name printed anymore...oh how the times have changed since 1947. Oh wait I wasnt born then but HE was. =0)
  • djthom
    djthom Posts: 651 Member
    :smile: Life would definately be simpler and nicer if we all lived by those rules!
  • BlessedHeart
    BlessedHeart Posts: 249 Member
    Awwww....This was read by a teacher at my daughter's kindergarten graduation. My daughter is now almost 29 years old! It was nice to read this and have the memory of my little girl, on that special day, come back to me, Thanks! :flowerforyou:
  • chovest81
    chovest81 Posts: 99
    I love this one....if only it reallly was like this! Love it...everyone can relate to this one...so many times i think....i wish i was in kindergarten again...life was so much simpler.
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