Growth And Grind Philosopher Gifts

'Believe me, a pet doesn't do a day's work in his life.'

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

"How was my day? I'm still calculating the little victories minus the humiliations I normally suffer."

Monday: Next 7 exits.

"Son, the world is full of disappointments. About 7.7 billion of them."

Getting through the week.

'Would you like a push Dear?'

Cars follow the sign to the mall rather than the sign to the manger.

'I've been watering myself by taking showers. How come I'm not growing as tall as your plants?'

And I intend to fill it. For nature abhors a vacuum.'

'When they start calling you a splendid bird, you know you're in trouble.'

"You'll grow in time my boy. Until then you'll just have to be a 'little' patient!"

"Whole bean or ground relentlessly to dust?"

"Junior's moved back home! It took him less than a week to work out that the grass is not always greener on the other side..."

'I never get any credit for all the years we upsized.'

Rodin's 'The Thinker' imagines himself as Rodin's 'The Kiss'.

'I find the best way to get them to grow up is to buy them a 1-way ticket to Europe, and let them work their way back.'

'No matter how hard I work, I'll never get higher on the food chain then this?'

"One day, son, all this anxiety will be yours."

"Maybe he's waving and drowning."

Conflict is harder to sustain when you don't see everything in black and white.

'What does Easter mean to you?'

'Darn! - Don't you hate it when you forget what you were meditating about?'

The swamp of adolescence

"Brenda's always been a bit of a worrier."

Commuter reads book entitled: Commuters for Dummies.

"This is the path to adulthood, You're here."

Evolution explained.

"I can't image growing up without computers or cell phones. Your generation had it rough, huh, Dad?"

"Remind me, what's the difference between a metaphor and a simile?"

'Slow down, young fella, all in good time!'

Caution: Perfectionists at Work Next 1/4 Mile.