Most of what I really needed 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 University Mountain, but there in the sand box at Kindergarten.

These are some of 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 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 work every day some.

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 rabbits�� and white� mice�� and even� the seed in the� plastic cup ���--� they all die.�� ������� So do we.

And remember the book� about Janet and John��� and the first word you learned� ..........���� the biggest word of all :������� L O O K.

Everything you need to know is out there somewhere.

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 in 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

Robert Fulghua

Reprinted from Kansas City Times 17.9.86������������ �����������������������������������