Kindergarten Recess

I really appreciate Jared at Christian Homestead for making this comparison. Jared compared this mortal life to kindergarten. There is a saying and a book entitled "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum. That list includes:

1. Share everything

2. Play fair

3. Don't hit people

4. Put things back where you found them.

5. Clean up your own mess.

6. Don't take things that aren't yours.

7. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

8. Wash your hands before you eat.

9. Warm cookies and cold milk are good.

The point of the Book is that these basic kindergarden rules are really the same basic rules for a good life.

The point I appreciated by Jared was that, all the many worldly pursuits we get wrapped up in is like kindergarten recess. Like kindergarten recess, it's important to take a break from the lessons and get some fresh air and run around, but the running around is not the point or purpose of it all. Accordingly, we should be careful as we make career, vacation, expenditures plans and sacrifices that we are not wasting all our effort trying to "win" at kindergarten recess.