Some Things I’ve Learned Along Life’s Journey…from Mrs. Crumly’s file of unplublished writings.
About the hatching of eggs:
Eggs of a potato bug hatch in 7 days, whereas the eggs of a canary hatch in 14 days. Eggs of a common hen hatch in 21 days, but eggs of ducks and geese take 28 days to hatch. Mallard eggs hatch in 35 days, but the eggs of parrots and ostriches hatch in 42 days. Interesting, huh? It all had to be in God’s plan as these numbers are all divisible by seven.
Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind
Each orange has an even number of segments
Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
Each stalk of bananas has an even number of bananas on its lowest row and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row has an odd number
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but it’s playing a bad hand well. You know like the country song “You gotta know when to hold ‘em and you gotta know when to fold em.”
Being kind is more important than being right.
The hardest person to love is the one who needs love the most.
That money doesn’t buy class.
That life is like a roll of toilet paper – the closer it gets to the end, the faster it moves.
That I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the ability to help him in other ways.
That under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
That to ignore the facts does not change them.
That love, not time, heals all wounds.
That the easiest way for me to grow, as a person, is to surround myself with people who are smarter than I am.
That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
That life is tough, but I’m tougher
That the less time I have to work with is the time I get more things done.
That there is no perfect marriage.
That beauty is as beauty does.
That in rearing children – the tighter you hold the reins, the harder they kick the traces.
That birds of a feather flock together.
That there is nothing better than country living.
i have found so many of these to be true over the years.
thank you for the list.
Wish she had added that children need their parents approval. Even as adults. But perhaps she never learned that lesson. *sigh*
Love these!! Thanks.