RandyMcarthur on Xanga

Friday, 15 October 2010

Most Precious Asset

Hi Everybody
Our most valuable asset is our most precious asset: our children. We all want to see them happy, healthy and safe. We try, with all our might, to teach them how to be happy now and how to remain happy throughout life. We know they will have to grow into well adjusted, productive adults in order to be happy adults. The following pieces are intended to help with some of the lessons children must learn (in a FUN and EASY to remember way). I hope you enjoy them and they help you convey your points of view to your kids. These pieces will be included in a series of illustrated childrens' books as soon as all the details have been worked out. Please let me know what you think of them by responding in the comments section.
Thanks,
Randy McArthur
For The Kids, Safe Place

Safe Place

Please learn this lesson

Make friends with discretion

Adult strangers, don’t you ever talk to

You don’t know who they are

You don’t know what they want

And there’s no telling what they might do

If candy is mentioned

They’re evil intentioned

You should run to the nearest safe place

Pleas scream and yell on the way

Do exactly what I say

And then try to remember their face

The problem you see

Is MONSTERS! Can look like you and me

Very normal and so ordinary

But really they’re not

And they’ll do God knows what

For children, that’s very scary

So when you’re not at home

With your friends, or alone

Of your surroundings, be very aware

To strangers don’t talk

And be careful where you walk

And listen only, to people who care

Sometimes it is true

You have to watch for you

I say this with respect and love

When you are all alone

Or away from home

It’s you, you need to take care of

Randy McArthur
For The Kids, Wherever It Goes

Wherever it Goes

I follow my nose

Wherever it goes

It keeps me out of trouble

When some things we fear

I cannot see clear

It warns me on the double

Like smoke in a room

Before a ka-boom

That none of us can see

It’s hidden by the door

And burning much more

My nose is telling me

The message is clear

I must flee from here

A fire! Is on the way

So outside I go

To the place that we know

Where my parents told me to stay

My parents meet me

Under the tree

That I do love to climb

To find it’s not hard

It’s in the backyard

I can find it every time

So there we all stay

It’s no time to play

We have to stay still and wait

Waiting what for?

I need patience, lots more

It’s fire trucks

We anticipate

Soon a siren we hear

The trucks must be near

That didn’t take too long

Now you can see

Why we should stay by the tree

Leaving it would be wrong

Now the firemen jump out

We give them a shout

“Hooray! We’re so glad you came”

Our house is on fire

The flames rising higher

But they run in just the same

When the firemen ran in

Dad said with a grin

“They will put out the flames”

In ran four

Then came some more

They never told me their names

At the tree, we stood near

Feeling both dread and fear

For all of the firemen sake

Heat you could see

Fire you could hear

Hot enough, to bake a cake

After a bit

Those flames did submit

And a fireman did reappear

His hat was still smoking

But he was not choking

He sang out “all is clear”

Please pardon me

If I scared you, you see

I didn’t mean any harm

This had to seem real

It was a fire drill

Not just a false alarm

Randy McArthur
For The Kids And Everyone Else, Po

Potatoes and Fried Chicken

Potatoes and fried chicken

Are good for dinner

Add some fine gravy

And you have a winner

Start with a salad

To balance the meal

The food smells so good

Your hunger is real

Tell the cook thank you

With genuine zeal

For fun add a bun

With hot melted butter

There’ll be excitement

You’ll feel your heart flutter

Let there thanks

In the words that you utter

But don’t speak with your mouth full

You’ll only mutter and stutter

The blessing is done

And it’s time to eat

Potatoes and chicken

What a tasty good treat

I do love fried food

It can’t ever be beat

If I do clean my plate

That’d be a great feat

And I’ll get desert

Something chocolate and sweet

We don’t eat like this
Each and everyday

We usually eat

In a healthier way

From nutritious food

We seldom stray

Eat too much fried food

And one day they’ll say

What did him in, he put on his tray

With his own life, he did not have to pay

If he’d had a good diet

He’d be here today

Instead up to heaven

He’s now on his way

The healthy way to eat

Is a well balanced diet

Please don’t make fun of it

Until you can try it

All that you eat

Try not to fry it

It might taste good

But too soon you’ll buy it

That trip up to heaven

Too soon you’ll fly it

A bad eating habit

You must try to defy it

And there is no way

That you can deny it

Randy McArthur
For The Kids, Sharing

Sharing

Ice cream and apples

Or even pink snapples

All make for a wonderful treat

When you share them with friends

The fun never ends

It’s a feeling that cannot be beat

It shows when you share

That you really do care

About a good friend’s
Immediate need

There’s a lesson you’ve learned

Friendship can only be earned

And your heart isn’t darkened by greed

The best thing is knowing

It keeps your heart growing

When you freely give

Something away

You’ll feel your heart getting bigger

In your life it will trigger

True happiness, every day

Now that you get it

There’s no need to sweat it, you’ll have friends

Who will share back with you

It’s some what you think

And more what you say

But mostly, what you choose to do

You can take great satisfaction

You’ll get a terrific reaction

From yourself

And everyone that you know

Your life will be more fulfilling

And you’ll just be stone cold chilling

Any time, any place that you go

Randy McArthur