Words of Wisdom Wednesday ~ Dr. Seuss

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. 

There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” 

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

Nothing is going to get better.  It's not.”

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. 

You can steer yourself any direction you choose. 

You're on your own. And you know what you know. 

And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.....

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 unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then, that you'll be in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.....

Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying. 
You’ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing. 

With banner flip-flapping once more you’ll ride high! 

Ready for anything under the sky. 

Ready because you’re that kind of guy!

....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....

And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! 

Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!”

(Oh, The Places You'll Go)

“Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter,
and those who matter don't mind.”   

“When you think things are bad,
when you feel sour and blue,

when you start to get mad,
you should do what I do!
Just tell yourself, Duckie, 

you're really quite lucky!

Some people are muchly much-much more unlucky...
You ought to be thankful a whole heaping lot, 
for the places and people you're lucky you're not!"

"Don't give up! I believe in you all.

A person's a person no matter how small.”

"You're never too old, too wacky, too wild

To pick up a book and read to a child!"

~Dr. Seuss

Happy 4th Birthday to my nephew, Carter (the one in green)!! =)