Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found. Robert Fulghum More Quotes by Robert Fulghum More Quotes From Robert Fulghum If 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 Fulghum mercy justice fun When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive, he was impressed at my "natural" talent for driving, not knowing that I had already been secretly driving my mother's car around the neighborhood. When I took the test and got my license and my father gave me my own set of keys to the car one night at dinner, it was a major rite of passage for him and my mother. Their perception of me had changed and was formally acknowledged. For me the occasion meant a private sanction to do in public what I had already been doing in secret. Robert Fulghum teaching mother father You can't always explain everything you do to everybody, you know. Robert Fulghum explanation knows I'm good at doing the laundry. At least that. And it's a religious experience...Water, earth, fire-polarities of wet and dry, hot and cold, dirty and clean. The great cycles-round and round-beginning and end-Alpha and Omega, amen. Robert Fulghum religious work dirty Now everybody has some secret goals in life. Robert Fulghum life-goal goal secret Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values. Robert Fulghum adversity strong heart The myth of the impossible dream is more powerful than all the facts of history. Robert Fulghum powerful dream facts Manuals have their uses ... but they are not to be confused with living. Robert Fulghum manuals confused use Infinite possibility in all things is a certainty. That pretty much covers theology and philosophy for me. Robert Fulghum possibility infinite philosophy The older I get, the more I realize the importance of exercising the various dimensions of my body, soul, mind, and heart. Taken together, these aspects give me a sense of wholeness. I want to be a whole human being rather than one who limps on one leg because I don't know how to use all of my parts. Intellectual, emotional, and physical activity are not separate entities. Rather, they are dimensions of the same human being. Robert Fulghum taken exercise heart When my neighbor walks the dogs, he performs a ritual act of sacer simplicitas, to use the church Latin: "sacred simplicity." Walking the dog is in truth a ritual of renewal and revival on an intimate scale - a small rebirth of well-being on a daily basis. Robert Fulghum journey dog latin Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup-they all die. So do we. Robert Fulghum styrofoam white death I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances. Robert Fulghum take-a-chance boredom blessing Why is love easy? I don’t know. And the raccoons don’t say. Robert Fulghum raccoons easy knows Imagination is more important than information. Einstein said that, and he should know. And they come. And they look. And we push. And they fly. We to stay and die on our beds. They to go and die howsoever, yet inspiring those who come after them to find their own edge. And fly. Robert Fulghum bed important imagination There is nothing in your budget for joy. No books, no flowers, no music, not even a cold beer. And there is nothing in your budget to give away to someone else. We don’t help people who don’t have better values than you do. Robert Fulghum flower beer book But love may have to be left off the exam. Most of us will never learn. Robert Fulghum exam left may Remember, most of us got something for nothing the first time just by showing up here at birth. Now we have to qualify. Robert Fulghum showing-up birth firsts And I’m not confused about the lack of, or the need for, imagination in low or high places. We could do better we must do better. There are far worse things to drop on people than crayolas. Robert Fulghum confused imagination people And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree. Robert Fulghum neighbor quality differences
