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Originally from Ken Burnham on The Sixth Sense.
in a glass of milk.
Age 6
I've learned that just when I get my room
the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up.
Age 12
I've learned that if you want to cheer yourself up,
you should try cheering someone else up.
Age 13
I've learned that brushing my child's hair
is one of life's great pleasures.
Age 25
I've learned...that if someone says something unkind about me,
I must live so that no one will believe it.
Age 39
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I've learned that there are people who love you dearly
but just don't know how to show it.
Age 41
I've learned that the greater a person's sense of guilt,
the greater his need to cast blame on others.
Age 45
I've learned that children and grandparents
are natural allies.
Age 46
I've learned that regardless of your relationship
with your parents, you miss them
terribly after they die.
Age 53
I've learned that making a living
is not the same thing as making a life.
Age 58
I've learned that life sometimes
gives you a second chance.
Age 62
I've learned that if you pursue happiness,
it will elude you. But if you focus on your family,
the needs of others, your work, meeting new people,
and doing the very best you can,
happiness will find you.
Age 65
I've learned that even when I have pains,
I don't have to be one.
Age 82
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
Age 92
Mean Moms
Was your Mom mean? I know mine was.
We had the meanest mother in the whole world!
While other kids ate candy for breakfast,
we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.
When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch,
we had to eat sandwiches.
that was different from what other kids had, too.
Mother insisted on knowing where we were
at all times. You'd think we were convicts in a prison.
She had to know who our friends were,
and what we were doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we would be gone
for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.
We were ashamed to admit it, but she had
the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws
by making us work. We had to wash the dishes
do the laundry, and all sorts of cruel jobs.
I think she would lie awake at night thinking
of more things for us to do.
She always insisted on us telling the truth
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds.
Then, life was really tough!
Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk
the horn when they drove up.
They had to come up to the door
so she could meet them.
While everyone else could date when they were 12 or 13,
we had to wait until we were 15 or 16.
Because of our mother, we missed
out on lots of things other kids experienced.
None of us have ever been caught shoplifting,
vandalizing other's property or ever
arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.
We never got drunk, took up smoking, stayed out all night,
or a million other things other kids did.
Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults.
We are doing our best to be mean parents
just like Mom was. I think that is what's wrong
with the world today. It just doesn't have
enough mean moms anymore.
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