Life from the seat of a Texas tractor..

Published in Global Missiology, April 2015 @ www.globalmissiology.org

Your  fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and  bull-strong.

Keep skunks and bankers at a  distance.

Life is simpler when you plow around the  stump.

A bumble bee is considerably faster than a  John Deere tractor.

Words that soak into your ears are whispered¦....not yelled.

Meanness don't just happen overnight.

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

Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't  bothering you none.

Timin' has a lot to do with  the outcome of a rain dance. 

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

Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.  

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

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, and leave  the rest to God.