One of the questions I'm asked by "country folk" I most times refuse to answer is: "My Daddy whipped my ass good, a bunch of times, and it didn't do me any harm, did it you?"
I have noticed that the people who never brag about getting beat were far more likely to be calm, prone to be more considerate, and as a rule less judgmental. But the obvious follow-up question I never ask is: How do yo know and why do you think it caused you no harm?
Uh, kind of, uh, not alive? Yeah, that's it. Just go ahead and exist. That's good enough. Never excel. No need to ask more of you that's for sure.
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