Just a Thought

Paul Harvey Writes:

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse.
For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for them to know about
hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would.
I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated.
I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car.
And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen.
It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old
dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother. And it's all right if you have to
draw a line down the middle of the room, but
when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared,
I hope you let him. When you want to see a movie
and your little brother wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him.
I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends
and that you live in a town where you can do it safely.
On rainy days when you have to catch a ride,
I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away
so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one
instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a girl,
and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.
And if a friend offers you dope or a joint,I hope you realize he is not your friend.
I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through you neighbor's window
and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas-time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
These things I wish for you....
tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.

Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss.
If you are my friend, please answer this:
Are we friends or are we not? You told me once, but I forgot.
So tell me now. And tell me true. So I can say.....I'm here for you.
Of all the friends I've ever met,
you're the one I won't forget.
And if I die before you do,
I'll go to heaven and wait for you.

Send this to all of your friends who mean the most to you. We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them. Paul Harvey...GOOD DAY!

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