" We Learned It All 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 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 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 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. . .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                          LOVE   YA,    ~Barbara