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

going to 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 up stream from the herd.

 

*Good judgment comes from experience, and a

lotta that comes from bad judgment.

 

*Lettin' the cat otta 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 god.

 

(This is all true for I was born and raised on the farm in the background.  J  Charlie)