The following was sent to me, and thought it well worth passing on (and living by):

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 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'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.

And all very true.

Beth

ClusterChuck wrote on Mar 5^th, 2009 at 4:01pm:

* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

I love that one!!

Thanks Chuckie!

Loved it!  I'll take all the inspiration I can get!

Barbara

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Good stuff Chuckles  8-)

Charlie

Mosaicwench wrote on Mar 5^th, 2009 at 5:33pm:

ClusterChuck wrote on Mar 5th, 2009 at 4:01pm: * If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. I love that one!! Thanks Chuckie!

That was my favorite too!  Awesome Chuckles.

* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'

B-I-N-G-O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every once in a while you come up with something worthwhile... This was a good one.... Think I'll send it to my kid... :) Guess he's learned to read by now...

Hugs BD

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

My favorite.........I loves messing with heys heads!!! ;D

Joe