AN OLD FARMER'S ADVICE

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, 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.

 

*Never fight with a woman.  You'll lose. 

 * Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.
Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.