{"id":1615,"date":"2011-03-02T16:38:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T00:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:08","slug":"there-is-no-one-alive-who-is-you-er-than-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/02\/there-is-no-one-alive-who-is-you-er-than-you\/","title":{"rendered":"There is No One Alive Who is You-er Than YOU!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/02\/there-is-no-one-alive-who-is-you-er-than-you\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F03%2F02%2Fthere-is-no-one-alive-who-is-you-er-than-you%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/drseussbirthday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1616\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px; float: left;\" title=\"drseussbirthday\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/drseussbirthday-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/drseussbirthday-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/drseussbirthday.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>Happy birthday to Theodor Seuss Geisel, who brought us 44 imaginative and inspirational children&#8217;s stories in his 87 years.<\/p>\n<p>Some were written as Theo LeSieg, but of course the best-loved ones were penned under the name of Dr. Seuss.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, thinking about his rhymes brings fond memories of childhood.<\/p>\n<p>But many of them were valuable to adults as well.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Barry brought my attention to this quote, appropriately from Seuss&#8217;s <em>Happy Birthday to You!<\/em> book, which reminds us all to embrace our uniqueness:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Today you are true! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And what about the graduation classic, <em>Oh, The Places You&#8217;ll Go!&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><!--more--><\/em>It&#8217;s filled with such thought-provoking, inspirational and motivational ditties as these:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.<br \/>\nYou can steer yourself any direction you choose.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And even better&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You&#8217;ll be on your way up! You&#8217;ll be seeing great sights!<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.<\/p>\n<p>You won&#8217;t lag behind, because you&#8217;ll have the speed.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll pass the whole gang and you&#8217;ll soon take the lead.<br \/>\nWherever you fly, you&#8217;ll be best of the best.<br \/>\nWherever you go, you will top all the rest.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But lest you think life is all about positive occurrences, all the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;On and on you will hike, And I know you&#8217;ll hike far,<br \/>\nand face up to your problems, whatever they are.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then of course, this is my favorite (and, keep in mind, any experience can be considered a success with a shift in perspective and embracing of the lesson learned):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;And will you succeed? Yes! 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