Oh, That Places You Will Go!

Dr. Seuss is a wise man...he wrote this children's book that is so universal and is applicable to any age...My sister actually got this book for me when I graduated from UCLA.

Alexis also has a copy of her own.  Candace and I were reading this book to her the other day and we both chuckled as we read this part:

You can get so confused

that you'll start in to race

down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace

and grin on for miles across weirdish wild space,

headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting

Waiting for a train to go

or a bus to come, or a plane to go

or the mail to come, or the rain to go

or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow

or waiting around for a Yes or No

or waiting for their hair to grow.

Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite

or waitng for wind to fly a kite

or waitng around for Friday night

or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake

or a pot to boil, or a Better Break

or a string of pearls, or a pair of paints

or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.

Everyone is just waiting

The next part says that you don't have to give in to the waiting room, that you can escape.  Of course there are tough times:

You'll get mixed up, of course

as you already know.

You'll get mixed up

with many strange birds as you go.

So be sure when you step.

Step with care and great tact

and remember that Life's 

a Great Balancing Act.

Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.

and never mix up your right foot with your left

And will you succeed?

Yes! You will, indeed!

(98 and 3/4 percent guarenteed)

I think its funny and so true that we all have to wait at many stages in our lives.  We all have to just get past the waiting room and take a step forward.  This book really puts a simplistic spin on life and is a great way to look at life.  I can't wait for the places that I will go!