Name: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
ISBN: 9780394571027

Robert Fulghum

A book to raise the spirits and warm the heart. Includes the famous Kindergarten essay that was read on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Sai Bommisetty 

A man I know found out last year he had terminal cancer. He was a doctor. And he knew about dying, and he didn't want to make his family and friends suffer through that with him. So he kept a secret. And died. Everybody said how great he was to bear his suffering in silence and not tell everybody, and so on and so forth. But privately his family and friends said how angry they were that he didn't need them, didn't trust their strength. And it hurt that he didn't say goodbye. He hid too well.

Gives you time to think if you really want to go ahead. We could all use the device like that between us and power, I guess. It's nice to know that progress in such things is possible -- in the face of ignorance and pride. Progress is possible.

rumbledethumps

I read this book long ago, when I was in high school. I remember thinking it was a really deep, important book at the time. On re-reading it in adulthood, I no longer think it is either deep or important.

There is a sort of smug satisfaction cloaked in humility in a lot of these very short essays about life, and they now feel like someone who is trying to seem wise, rather than someone who is wise.

But, there is definite value to be found in this book. I especially like his idea that we shouldn't bother searching for the meaning of life, and instead should be looking, all the time, to find the meaning in life. 

Perhaps this book is best enjoyed by dipping into it here and there, rather than reading it from start to finish in a short period of time.

ame 

Fulgham, Robert

The Unitarian minister reflects on America and its diverse peoples, everyday wisdoms, kindnesses, and joys, and everyday life's large meanings.

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things