NK - FW: Paul Harvey:

[Langston, David R]

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Langston [mailto:LLANGSTON at HALLKINION.COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 6:22 PM
To: dhowland at rhythms.net; ajumper at wans.net; david.langston at wilcom.com
Subject: Paul Harvey:


Paul Harvey Writes:
> 
>   We tried so hard to make things better for our kids
>   that we made them worse.
>   For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
> 
>   I'd really like for them to know about hand me down
>   clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches.
>   I really would.
> 
>   I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that
>   you learn honesty by being cheated.
> 
>   I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the
>   lawn and wash the car.
> 
>   And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car
>   when you are sixteen.
> 
>   It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies
>   born and your old dog put to sleep.
> 
>   I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you
>   believe in.
> 
>   I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger
>   brother.  And it's all right if you have to draw a line
>   down the middle of the room, but when he wants to
>   crawl under the covers with you because he's scared,
>   I hope you let him.
> 
>   When you want to see a movie and your little brother
>   wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him.
> 
>   I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your
>   friends and that you live in a town where you can do it
>   safely.
> 
>   On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you
>   don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so
>   you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom.
> 
>   If you want a sling shot, I hope your Dad teaches you how
>   to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to
>   dig in the dirt and read books.
> 
>   When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn
>   to add and subtract . . in your head.
> 
>   I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your
>   first crush on a girl, and when you talk back to your
>   mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like.
> 
>   May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn you
>   hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
> 
>   I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you
>   don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a
>   joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend.
> 
>   I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your
>   Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
> 
>   May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the
>   holidays.
> 
>   I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a
>   baseball through your neighbor's window and that
>   she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time when
>   you give her a plaster mold of your hand.
> 
>   These things I wish for you - tough times and
>   disappointment, hard work and happiness.
> 
>   To me, its the only way to appreciate life
> 
>   Send this to all of your friends who mean the most to
>   you. We secure our friends not by accepting favors
>   but by doing them. Paul Harvey...GOOD DAY!
>