“There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.”
-- Marianne Williamson

 

I Cannot Go To School Today!

"I cannot go to school today"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.

My mouth is wet, my throat is dry.
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox.

And there's one more - that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue,
It might be the instamatic flu.

I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke.
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in.

My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My toes are cold, my toes are numb,

I have a sliver in my thumb.

My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,

I think my hair is falling out.

My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,

There's a hole inside my ear.

I have a hangnail, and my heart is ...
What? What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is .............. Saturday?

G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

 

by Shel Silverstein

 

"No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure."~Emma Goldman

 

"Children are great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.

~Anonymous

 

P.S: Where do children learn to make excuses??Why do they need to make excuses???

Most questions related to children……lead us to adults.

So what can we be and do different today to create a new reality;where children are allowed and encouraged to fearlessly be themselves ?????????????

Thank you for visiting the TREASURE TROVE today.

Namaste,

Bhagya