Life Lessons to Get You Though the Week
This week, after dealing with an extreme amount of stress, nonsense and tomfoolery, I was just about at my wits end. In a tack of old papers, at the base of the pile, was this list of an old farmer’s advice. Some are so clearly stated, you cannot help but smile.
- Your fence needs to be horse-high, pig tight and bull-strong.
- Keep skunks, bankers and lawyers 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.
- Meaness don’t jus’ happen overnight.
- Forgive our enemies, it messes with their heads.
- Don’t corner something that is meaner than you.
- It doesn’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, you are going to get dirty.
- The best sermons are lived, not preached
- Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen.
- Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
- 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 something 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 digging.
- 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 morning.
- Always drink upstream from the herd.
- Good judgment comes from experience.
- Letting the cat outta the bag is a lot easier than putting it back in.
- If you get to thinking you are a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
- Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, and leave the rest to God.
