In Basic Training at Fort Benning. Ga., a solider received a package from home containing cookies. After troll call, the drill sergeant gave the trainee the choice of throwing the cookies out or eating them while he did one-arm pushups. To our surprise, he chose the latter. As we watched in amazement, the solider looked up and said through a mouthful of cookies, “This is a breeze compared to what my mother would do if she heard I threw her cookies out.” –Scott Gorski
“To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.” John W. Roper Those who get in trouble most often are those cannot seem to keep still, remain silent. Life teaches many lessons. Among the best lessons of life is one my father taught me at an early age was, “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” The contributions we make to life via our mouth are many and varied. Most of the time, I reckon, they are not contributions at all, but things that diminish the richness of life.
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