| Do not ask your children to strive | |
| Do not ask your children | |
| to strive for extraordinary lives. | |
| Such striving may seem admirable, | |
| but it is the way of foolishness. | |
| Help them instead to find the wonder | 5 |
| and the marvel of an ordinary life. | |
| Show them the joy of tasting | |
| tomatoes, apples and pears. | |
| Show them how to cry | |
| when pets and people die. | 10 |
| Show them the infinite pleasure | |
| in the touch of a hand. | |
| And make the ordinary come alive from them. | |
| The extraordinary will take care of itself. |