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Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

December 27, 2000

"When I was quite young and quite small for my size, I met an old man in the Desert of Drize.  And he sang me a song I will never forget.  At least, well, I haven't forgotten it yet.

He sat in a terribly prickly place.  But he sang with a sunny sweet smile on his face:
When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do!

Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky!  Some people are much more...oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!

Thank goodness for all the things you are not!  Thank goodness you're not something someone forgot, and left all alone in some punkerish place like a rusty tin coat hanger hanging in space.

That's why I say, 'Duckie!  Don't grumble!  Don't stew! Some critters are much-much oh, ever so much-much, so muchly much-much more unlucky than you!'(Dr. Seuss, 1973)"

Seuss (1973).  Did I ever tell you how lucky you are?  New York: Random House.

As you reflect upon the events of 2000, have you thought about how lucky you are?

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? is available on loan from the Ohio State University Leadership Center.  A complete listing of all the Leadership Center's resources is available on our website www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~leaders

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Created: 2009-01-02, Updated: 2009-02-02