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?
Trail Baboon 
Don’t eat yellow snow.
Do to others what you want them to do to you.
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What you contemplate, you imitate.
–Crow Girl
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I’ve seen several versions of this, and consider it one of the “laws of the universe.”
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In a similar but more contemporary vein, “Don’t let anyone live in your head rent-free.”
–Crow Girl
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I love that!
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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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I wrote a bunch of stuff, then found out I wasn’t signed in, so I’m not going to redo it. Basicall, the Golden Rule + other gems from my tiny mind.
Chris in O-town
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“If absolutely none of your friends like your new squeeze, take that as a red flag“
I have actually said this out loud to YA.
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I’ll second that: should have listened when I saw several friends in Denver and introduced Wasband…
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-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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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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Don’t pick on anyone smaller than yourself, it’s not fair. And you’d be a damn fool to pick on someone who is bigger.
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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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Say something nice? What a challenge! Okay.
45 doesn’t sweat much for a big fat liar.
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I couldn’t resist!
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Perfect. : )
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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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OT – I just heard that David Mallett passed away yesterday at the age of only 73 years. What a sad loss.
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I love that song, thanks, PJ.
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And I am sorry he’s gone.
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Loved his music.
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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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I love the one about the mile in their shoes…
And something here made me think of Ma Ingalls –
“All’s well that ends well.”
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
– Anne Lamott
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One of the best!
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Including ourselves.
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Just remembered this, from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland:
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“Begin at the beginning,” the King said gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”
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What goes around comes around.
(Not sure who to attribute it to, but I first learned it from Jon Kabat-Zinn)
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The law of Karma.
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I’ll never do that again…
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