Today’s words of wisdom….
AN OLD 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.
-Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
-Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
-Live a good, honorably 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. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to Heaven.
–Don’t pick a fight with an old person. If they’re too old to fight, they’ll just kill you.