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Family Matters:  "Ant vs Grasshoper"  |
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craftystranger
True Blue Farmgirl
525 Posts
Barbara
Franklin
NC
USA
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 Posted - Mar 11 2010 : 11:47:43 AM
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I was wondering how some of you deal with the "grasshopers" of our lives. I am an "ant". I have always believed in hard work and am willing to help others. Where I have a problem is when "grasshopers" stand around and tell you what to do....help!! How do you deal with these people?
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2010 : 1:19:04 PM
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I would probably start with a little snicker and give them a big smile and tell them that I appreciate their advice but that I have already work it out how I was going to a certain thing and then Thank them. After that how can the continue to tell you what they know your not going to. If so, walk away.
Blessings, Brenda
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" Mahatma Gandhi |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 04:15:24 AM
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Sick the chickens on them! LOL, no really I feel the same way. Mostly all you can do is know that what goes around comes around.
Why not go out on a limb, that's where all the fruit is! "Mark Twain"
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LBP
True Blue Farmgirl
81 Posts
Linda
Goodview
VA
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 05:30:33 AM
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| Smile, tell them you appreciate their advice, then go on and do exactly what you had planned to do anyway! |
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craftystranger
True Blue Farmgirl
525 Posts
Barbara
Franklin
NC
USA
525 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 11:09:35 AM
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Love your answer Fiddlehead Farm!! The chickens may just be hungry. I am working on the smile and appreciate part. Have no problem with doing it as planned part. Thanks, I just needed to talk with some "ants". Barbara
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
665 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2010 : 5:58:25 PM
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They're called managers! (LOL). Paste a smile on your face, give them a non-committal nod and move on,it's all you can do, stressing about it too much is not good for the body.
Just remember there are more ants out there than grasshoppers.
"There is no foot so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world" |
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1735 Posts
angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Apr 03 2010 : 12:20:24 AM
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I've given up on the smile and appriciate part with some of the grasshoppers in my life. I don't have any chickens to turn loose but I sure know how to cluck! I now say in an even and quiet tone, "I am the one doing this and it's my choice. If you can't watch quietly then please leave." Usually they leave which makes my job easier and more peaceful.
God - Gardening - Family - Is anything else important? |
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"Ant vs Grasshoper"
