Some people are like blisters. They don't show up until the work is done. A true friend is one that lets his grass grow as tall as his neighbor's. A baby-sitter is a teenager acting like an adult while the adults are out acting like teenagers. If you don't know where you're going, you're never lost.
Experience is a wonderful thing.
It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree. Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown, For the world was intent on dragging me down. And if that weren't enough to ruin my day, A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play. In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight, With its petals all worn, not enough rain, or too little light.