An Old Farmer's Advice

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

[color=gray][color=gray]* your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

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* keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.

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* life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

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* a bumble bee is considerably faster than a john deere tractor.

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* words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.

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* meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

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* forgive your enemies. it messes up their heads.

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* do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

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* it don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

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* you cannot unsay a cruel word.

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* every path has a few puddles.

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* when you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

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* the best sermons are lived, not preached.

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* most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway

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* don't judge folks by their relatives.

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* remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

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* live a good, honorable life. then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

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* don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.

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* timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

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

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* sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

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* the biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'

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* always drink upstream from the herd.

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* good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.

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* lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.

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

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* live simply. love generously. care deeply. speak kindly.

[Katnip, RN]

So many of those are so very true, aren't they?

[nursepenny]

I think the last few words said it all.

Live simply.

Love generously.

Care deeply.

Speak kindly.

Truly words to live by.

I really enjoyed this thread. Most of this I have heard before, but still nice to see.

[Antikigirl, ASN, RN]

I love it...I come and work in a rural area and I soooooooo will use these with some of my patients! They will love these too!

Thanks Fran!!!!!!!!!