Farmer Wisdom

Wisdom takes time to learn and develop. Age can bring wisdom, especially from a life lived well. Maybe we can learn some wisdom from a wise old farmer.

Wise Old Farmer One-Liners:
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering you none.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

Old Farmer's Advice:
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.

Farmer's Wisdom:
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.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
The biggest troublemaker watches you from the mirror every morning.
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.

May we look at our lives with humor, laugh instead of fight - be compassionate, not always right, and live by the words of an old farmer. Amen