oh the places you'll go
Can you agree with we're truely here in 2011?
Cah-razy
I've study the primary a part of this story about a bajillion instances however handiest these days have I finished it to the stop.
I'm not going to go all english-teacher on you and dissect the meaning or highlight my favorite parts. Really, I just hope you read it and that you find some personal reflection as we embark on yet another year.
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet for your footwear
You can steer yourself
any direction you pick.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the man who'll decide wherein to head.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I do not select to move there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of ft,
you are too clever to move down any no longer-so-properly road.
And you may no longer discover any
you will want to head down.
In that case, of route,
you'll head straight out of metropolis.
It's opener there
within the huge outdoors.
Out there things can appear
and often do
to humans as brainy
and footsy as you.
And while matters start to happen,
do not worry. Don't stew.
Just pass proper along.
You'll start going on too.
OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing extremely good attractions!
You'll be a part of the high fliers
who soar to excessive heights.
You won't lag behind, because you may have the velocity.
You'll bypass the whole gang and you will quickly take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the nice of the nice.
Wherever you move, you will pinnacle all the relaxation.
Except when you don' t
Because, every so often, you may not.
I'm sorry to mention so
however, unluckily, it is authentic
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unsightly bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you will be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,
you're no longer in for a whole lot a laugh.
Un-slumping yourself
isn't easily carried out.
You will come to an area in which the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But normally they may be darked.
A location you could sprain each you elbow and chin!
Do you dare to live out? Do you dare to move in?
How much can you lose? How a whole lot can you win?
And IF you pass in, should you turn left or right...
Or proper-and-3-quarters? Or, perhaps, not pretty?
Or pass around lower back and sneak in from at the back of?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you may find,
for a mind-maker-top to make up his thoughts.
You can get so pressured
that you will start in to race
down lengthy wiggled roads at a destroy-necking tempo
and grind on for miles throughout weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, closer to a most useless vicinity.
The Waiting Place...
...For people simply waiting.
Waiting for a train to head
or a bus to return, or a aircraft to head
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 a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to chunk
or looking ahead to wind to fly a kite
or ready round for Friday night
or waiting, possibly, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a sting of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That's no longer for you!
Somehow you may escape
all that ready and staying.
You'll find the brilliant locations
in which Boom Bands are playing.
With banner turn-flapping,
all over again you may ride high!
Ready for some thing beneath the sky.
Ready because you are that form of a guy!
Oh, the locations you may go! There is amusing to be performed!
There are factors to be scored. There are video games to be gained.
And the mystical matters you can do with that ball
will make you the triumphing-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as well-known can be,
with the whole extensive global looking you win on TV.
Except when they do not.
Because, once in a while, they might not.
I'm afraid that some times
you will play lonely video games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or now not,
Alone may be some thing
you may be quite loads.
And while you're by myself, there is a very good threat
you'll meet things that scare you right from your pants.
There are some, down the street between hither and yon,
which could scare you so much you won't want to move on.
But on you may pass
although the climate be foul
On you may pass
though your enemies prowl
On you may pass
although the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your fingers can also get sore
and your sneakers might also leak.
On and on you may hike
and I understand you'll hike some distance
and face up on your problems
some thing they may be.
You'll get blended up, of route,
as you already know.
You'll get blended up
with many extraordinary birds as you cross.
So make sure whilst you step.
Step with care and super tact
and keep in mind that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never neglect to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot along with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(ninety eight and three / four percentage guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So...
Be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you are off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...Get to your way!
