An Old Farmer’s Advice:
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and
bull-strong.
* Keep skunks and 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.
* 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, 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 botherin’
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’r e a person of some
influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
* Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak
kindly. Leave the rest to God.
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