The passage congratulates the reader on starting their journey in life and encourages them to choose their own direction. It warns that sometimes plans will change or obstacles will arise, likening life's challenges to getting lost on "long wiggled roads." The poem describes a place called "The Waiting Place" where one gets stuck waiting instead of moving forward in life.
The passage congratulates the reader on starting their journey in life and encourages them to choose their own direction. It warns that sometimes plans will change or obstacles will arise, likening life's challenges to getting lost on "long wiggled roads." The poem describes a place called "The Waiting Place" where one gets stuck waiting instead of moving forward in life.
The passage congratulates the reader on starting their journey in life and encourages them to choose their own direction. It warns that sometimes plans will change or obstacles will arise, likening life's challenges to getting lost on "long wiggled roads." The poem describes a place called "The Waiting Place" where one gets stuck waiting instead of moving forward in life.
You're off to Great Places! or a bus to come, or a plane to go You're off and away! or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow You have brains in your head. or the waiting around for a Yes or No You have feet in your shoes. or waiting for their hair to grow. You can steer yourself Everyone is just waiting. any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. … And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go. NO! That's not for you! … You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. Somehow you'll escape You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. all that waiting and staying Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. You'll find the bright places Wherever you go, you will top all the rest. where Boom Bands are playing. … Except when you don't. So... Because, sometimes, you won't. be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray … or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, You can get so confused You're off the Great Places! that you'll start in to race Today is your day! down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace Your mountain is waiting. and grind on for miles cross weirdish wild space, So...get on your way. headed, I fear, toward a most useless place. (Source: Oh the places you’ll go by Dr. Seuss) The Waiting Place...