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We have all heard the old saying, "What goes around comes around" — so this may not be the first time you have heard this collection of wisdoms — received here via Internet in celebration of Friendship Week. We all wish we had actually already "learned" the following selected from a longer list — fortunately, we can keep learning. Helen Lapp I've Learned ... That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for. That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular. That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved. That to ignore the facts does not change the facts. That love, not time, heals all wounds. That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss. That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. That I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it. That when your newly born child holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life. That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he/she may have to eat them. That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it. That the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can? For all you lexiophiles (lovers of words) A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. A backward poet writes inverse. She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress. Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under. He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key. Every calendar's days are numbered. A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint mine. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat. He had a photographic memory which was never developed. A plateau is a high form of flattery. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. Acupuncture is a jab well done. Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat! Jay L. Roth, Mennonite Association for Retired Persons 23 Homestead Drive, Lancaster, PA  17602 717-201-8391 ~ E-mail