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Words To Live By

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My mother told me more than once when I was young that I shouldn’t get married until after I was 19. She was likely to say that after my father did something exasperating. It was no secret that she was 19 when she married my father. They were married for more than 70 years and were very happy together, but I took her words to heart and waited until I was 25.

Husband stands by his assertion that if we are going to do much traveling in the fall, we better have it done by Veterans Day, because you can’t depend on the weather after that. He is usually correct.

I stand by the assertions that lefse needs to finished and in the freezer by Christ the King Sunday, that pepper seeds should be started by March 15th, don’t plant your garden here until after Memorial Day , and Montana is not a sane or reasonable place to live, so don’t even think about moving there.

What are your words to live by? Any words of wisdom that you remember from your parents? What words of wisdom would you like to impart on young persons?

31 thoughts on “Words To Live By”

  3. BIg overriding words to live by are the Golden Rule.
    After that, make your world and the world around you a better place.
    Live and let live.
    Don’t be afraid to fail, but learn something from your failures. When you’re young, try everything, be curious, adventurous. You never know where or when you’ll find your life’s passion. Until humans stop trying to kill each other, we can’t begin to save our species. (Sadly, I don’t see that happening in my lifetime.)
    Get used to change; it’s always coming.

    Oh yeah, and that yellow snow thing! 😉

    Chris in O-town

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  6. -Drink upstream of the cows.
    -And don’t stand behind a cow that’s coughing.
    -Always approach a cow from the left side. (although that rule changed after we put the pipeline in because we’d milk two cows from the middle, one left, one right.)
    -you gotta pack the dirt at the bottom of the hole well to make a solid fence post.
    -make sure the tractor is in neutral before you jump the terminals on the starter.

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  7. Never stick a fork in a toaster.

    Playing with sticks will poke your eye out.

    Don’t go back in the water for 45 minutes after eating.

    Never let the gas gauge go below one quarter of the tank.

    See your dentist twice a year.

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  9. Several of my favorites have been offered already, but:

    – Better late than never.

    – Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.

    – (from my mom) If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.

    Thinking…

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  10. OT: I mentioned yesterday a song about December birthdays, put together by friend Barbara McAfee. To the tune of White Christmas:

    I’m dreaming of a June birthday
    One free from holiday excess
    For friends don’t remember
    Us poor Decembers
    Or if they do, it’s under STRESS

    I’m dreaming of a June birthday
    One where of Christmas there’s no sign
    There’ll be no self-pitying whine
    When my birthday is finally all mine.

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  12. From my mom:
    Don’t go to bed angry.
    If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything (by way of Bambi’s mom).
    Also all the usual advice about fingers in outlets, crossing your eyes, swimming after eating, tongues and lamp posts, etc.
    Others I like:
    Love thy neighbor.
    Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today (I have a hard time living up to that one).
    Don’t judge someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.

    To a young person: Believe in yourself and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something.

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