StephanieLynn

i day dream about day dreaming ... true story... 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 in your shoes. You can steer youreslf any direction you choose. Your're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go . You'll look up and down streets.Look 'em over with care. About some you will say,"i dont choose to go there." With you head full of brains and you shoes full of feet,you're to smart to go down any not-so-good street. And you may not fund any you'll want to go down. INthat case, of coures, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air. Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as briany and footsy as you. And when things start to happen,dont worry.Dont stew.Just go right along.YOu'll start happening too. OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO you'll be on your way up! you'll be seeing great sights! you'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights. you wont lag behind,because youll have the speed. youll pass the whole gang and youll soon take the laed. wherever you fly, youll be best of the best. wherever you go, you will top all the rest. Except when you DONT. because,sometimes, you WONT. i'm sorry to say so but, sadly,uts true that Bang-ups and Hang-ups can happen to you. you can get all hung up in a prickle-ly perch. and you gang will fly on. you'll be left in a lurch. you'llcome down from the lurch with an unpleasent bump. and the chances are,then,that you'll be in a slumo. and when you're in a slump,you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done. you will come to a place where the streets are not marked.some windows are lighted. but mostly they're darked. a place you could sprain both your elbow and chin! do you dare to stay out? do you dare to go in? how much can you lose? how much can you win? and if you fo in,should you turn left or right... or right-and -three-quarters?or, maybe,not quite? or go around back and sneak in from behind? simple it's not, i'm afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind. you can get so confused that you'll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,headed,i fear, tpward a moost useless place. THE WAITING PLACE.... ...for people just waiting. waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go 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 No or waiting for thier hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting. Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for thier Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants oro a wig with curls, or Another Chance. Everyone is just waiting. NO! that's not for you! somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. you'll find the bright places where Boom Banfs are playing. with banner flip- flapping,once more you'll fide high! Ready for anything under the sky. Ready because you're that kind of a guy! oh, the place you'll go! there is fun to be done! there are points to be scored. there are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that bal will make you the winning-est winner of all. FAME! you'll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV. Except when they dont. Because, something, they wont i'm afraid that some times youll place lonely games too. Games you cant win 'cause you'll play against you. ALL ALONE! whether you like it or not, Alone will be something youll be quite a lot. and when you're alone, there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants. There are some, down the road between hitther and yon, that can scare you so much you wont want to go on. but on you will go though the wearther be foul. On you will go though your enemies prowl. on you will go though the Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. on and on you will hike. and i know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are. 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 balanceing act. just never forge5t to be dexterous and deft. and never mix up your right foot with your left. and will you succeed? Yes! You will,indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.) KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS! SO... be your name Buxbaum or BIxby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'shea, you're off to Great PLaces! Today is your day! your mountain is waiting. SO....get on you way!by Dr.Seuss