An Old Farmer’s Advice

~ Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
~ 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.
~ If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
~ The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
~ Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
~ If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.