Pay Attention and You Might Survive

Advice from cowboys and farmers:

• Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
• Don't interfere with something that isn't bothering you.
• Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
• Most of the stuff people worry about isn't ever gonna happen anyway.
• Don't judge folks by their relatives.
• Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
• If it doesn't seem like it's worth the effort, it probably isn't.
• Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
• Meanness don't just happen overnight.
• 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 morning.