Hump Day with Dr. Seuss

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by Skip Cohen

It's Hump Day and perfect for a little inspiration from Dr. Seuss, who has some pretty good advice now and then.

Like most of you with kids, especially older kids, we used to read Dr. Seuss stories all the time. From the tongue twisters in Fox in Socks to Green Eggs and Ham...you name the book, 50 years ago, and it was on the bookshelf. I even made green eggs and ham one morning with a little food coloring. I used a little too much, and the kids’ tongues were green for a short time, but that didn't stop the laughter.

This morning when Sheila and I shared our motivational breakfast reading, mine was by Lou Mitchell and he quoted the doc: ​"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

​That inspired me to find a few more classics - all good choices to keep it light on Hump Day.

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“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” 

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

“And this mess is so big, And so deep and so tall, We cannot pick it up. There is no way at all!” 

​“It's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.” 

Dr. Seuss also shared a lot of great ideas/lessons in life, not just from his collection of kids' books.

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”

This is definitely a time in history when we need to look at life "through the wrong end of a telescope!"  We need more fantasy in our recipe for living. 

Happy Hump Day everybody!