What I Learned In Kindergarten

ALL I NEED 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 was there in the sandbox outside the backdoor of the classroom.

These are the things I learned:
SHARE EVERTHING. PLAY FAIR. DON'T HIT PEOPLE.
PUT THINGS BACK WHERE YOU FOUND THEM.
DON'T TAKE THINGS THAT AREN'T YOURS.
SAY YOU'RE SORRY WHEN YOU HURT SOMEONE.

WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE YOU EAT.
WARM COOKIES AND COLD MILK ARE GOOD FOR YOU.
LIVE A BALANCED LIFE AND SAY YOUR PRAYERS.
LEARN SOME AND THINK SOME.
DRAW AND PAINT AND SING AND DANCE.
PLAY AND WORK SOME EVERYDAY.

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.

WE ARE ALL LIKE THE GOLDFISH AND HAMSTERS AND WHITE
MICE AND EVEN LIKE THE LITTLE SEED IN THE PLASTIC CUP.
....... THEY ALL DIE. .... SO DO WE.

THEN REMEMBER THE BOOK ABOUT DICK AND JANE AND
THE FIRST WORD YOU LEARNED,
THE BIGGEESST WORD OF ALL .... LOOK !!! ...
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
THE GOLDEN RULE AND LOVE AND SANITATION.
ECOLOGY AND POLITICS AND SANE LIVING.

THINK OF WHAT A BETTER WORLD IT WOULD BE ....
IF THE WHOLE WORLD ..... HAD COOKIES AND MILK
AT THE SAME TIME, TOGETHER, EVERY AFTERNOON
AND THEN LAY DOWN WITH OUR BLANKETS FOR A NAP.
OR ...
IF WE HAD A BASIC POLICY IN OUR NATION AND 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.