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All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned From a Muppet

on June 28, 2013

I keep reading and re-reading this very simple
yet powerful quote:

“The attitude that you have as a parent is
what your kids will learn from, more than
what you tell them. They don’t remember
what you try to teach them. They remember
what you are.”
– Jim Henson

I love this. It reminds me to keep myself
in check and to remember what really matters.
(It also reminds me that only a man, who
never has to deal with PMS, or any uterus-
related hell, could make this statement with
such confidence … Look at the difference
between Kermit and Miss Piggy). In any case,
it tugs at my heart strings.


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