Everything I Ever Needed to Know...

[doojable]

All I ever needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten

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 sand box at nursery 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 are 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 some and paint and sing and dance and play and work everyday.

Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out in 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. We are like that.

And then remember that book about Dick and Jane 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

And...

Everything I Need To Know In Life,

I Learned From My Cat

(Author unknown at this time...)

1) Life is hard, then you nap.

2) Curiosity never killed anything except maybe a few hours.

3) When in doubt, cop an attitude.

4) Variety is the spice of life: one day ignore people, the next day annoy them.

5) Climb your way to the top--that's why drapes are there.

6) Never sleep alone when you can sleep on someone's face.

7) Find your place in the sun--especially if it happens to be on that nice pile of warm, clean laundry.

8) Make your mark in the world--or at least spray in each corner.

9) When eating out think nothing of sending back your meal twenty or thirty times

10) If you're not receiving enough attention, try knocking over several expensive antique lamps.

11) Always give generously--a small bird or rodent left on the bed tells them, "I care."

12) When you go out into the world, remember: being placed on a pedestal is a right, not a privilege.

Edited July 7, 2008 by doojable

[cheranne]

ain't that the truth! Thanks doojable. we just got a cat for our 3yr old grandson and he loves it.

[Mark Clarke]

Remember...

To a dog you're Family.

To a cat you're Staff.

[Mark Clarke]

"Everything I need to know, I've learned from Iron Maiden"

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[ChasUFarley]

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