What I'd say to my children before going into a store: "Eyes on, hands off."
What I'd say to my ADHD son: "Think it through before you do."
Regarding child-rearing: "The days are long, but the years are short."
When rueing the past: "You don't live there, anymore."
One friend said, "If a pig wants to wrestle you in the mud, don't do it, or else you come out of it just as dirty."
When I need to keep out of others' drama: "Not my circus, not my monkeys."
My Dad said, "No matter how bad it gets, there's always someone worse off than you. So find try to make that person's life a little better, and you'll feel better about your situation"
He also said to someone who tried to lord their college education over his common sensibilities, "There's a thin line between being the town genius and the village idiot."
I have a few:
No news is good news, bad news travels fast.
If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.
Do good and forget about it.
My Gram said the last one. Gosh, I miss her.
One my Mom lived, “take time to make memories.” The older I get the more I try, which I had tried harder sooner. The other one is “be a blessing.”
Life is too short to drink bad coffee.
What I'd say to my children before going into a store: "Eyes on, hands off."
What I'd say to my ADHD son: "Think it through before you do."
Regarding child-rearing: "The days are long, but the years are short."
When rueing the past: "You don't live there, anymore."
One friend said, "If a pig wants to wrestle you in the mud, don't do it, or else you come out of it just as dirty."
When I need to keep out of others' drama: "Not my circus, not my monkeys."
My Dad said, "No matter how bad it gets, there's always someone worse off than you. So find try to make that person's life a little better, and you'll feel better about your situation"
He also said to someone who tried to lord their college education over his common sensibilities, "There's a thin line between being the town genius and the village idiot."