OT - OLD TIME FARMER'S LIFE ADVICE

JodieBlonde
on 6/30/09 4:05 am - Mesquite, TX
* 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 words.

* Every path has a few puddles.

* When you wallow with a 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 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 God

The ones in RED are the ones that strike me as truer than true.
                      
  
Lynnette S.
on 6/30/09 10:04 am - Whitesboro, TX

I love this! Jodie thanks for sharing.

Your loved!

Lynnette

 


  
timsdanni
on 6/30/09 12:33 pm - Ft Stewart, GA

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

LOVE IT!!!!
Home is where the army allows me to live with my husband

I know what I need to do - I have to choose to take care of me or I choose to fail

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