I once listed all the good things I did over the past year, and then turned them into resolution form and backdated them. That was a good feeling
Robert FulghumIf we could just figure out how to have more fun at it, maybe more of us would join the ranks of those who seek after justice and mercy.
Robert FulghumAnd 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 FulghumThese 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're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. 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 some every day. Take a nap every afternoon, and, when you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
Robert FulghumIt's just this: that there are places we all come from-deep-rooty-common places- that makes us who we are. And we disdain them or treat them lightly at our peril. We turn our backs on them at the risk of self-contempt. There is a sense in which we need to go home again-and can go home again. Not to recover home, no. But to sanctify memory.
Robert Fulghum