I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's not a seed, any more than you're just a boy.
Dr. SeussYou ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot, for The places and people you're lucky you're not!
Dr. SeussOnward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!
Dr. SeussAnd the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.
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