A well-meaning friend sent the following. It's neat!
An Ole Farmer's Advice
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain't Never gonna happen anyway.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life.
Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't Bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
Live simply. Give generously. Love deeply.
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.
3 comments:
This was great, I loved it. You better believe I'm never going to pick a fight with you!
Some great advice in that there piece. I wear 2 little charms on my work badge, one that just says "Truth" and the other a cowboy hat, that stands for the cowboy rule: "Don't ever pass up a good chance to just shut up!" I might have to add a few to go with some of the statements in your post!
RE your previous post, as the wife of a safety zone worker on the highways of Illinois, I'm glad for the reminders to drivers to slow down and be careful of those who are sweating it out in the heat, working on your roads.
I see a great bulletin board in the works. :-)
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