2 January 2018 - Who is "Poor Richard"?

Today's entry is Poor Richard's Advice for Homemakers.

But who is Poor Richard?

And...

Is that Ben Franklin?

So a quick Google and a Wikipedia read later I find out that Poor Richard is actually

Benjamin Franklin

Franklin borrowed the name from a 17th century author Richard Saunders.

Eventually the name would be changed to Poor Richard.

Franklin published the first Poor Richards Almanack in December of 1732

So huh....there you go

Well what does old Richard have to say for us in the picture above?

Marriage: Keeping your eyes wide open for someone to be happy with and half way shut so that you only focus on them after marriage.

The egg and the hen.

This one confused me but basically it means that it is better to have a sure thing than possibility of more later.

On the next non pictured page, I chose these to share.

Fish and visitors stink after three days.

Lord yes.

Great talkers should be cropped, for they have no need of ears.

Oh the snark is strong with this one!

What is a butterfly? At best

He's but a caterpillar dressed

aww

And the last one just makes me happy

If you would have guests merry with cheer.

Be so yourself

Or at least so appear.

Here is the best one.

Be Yourself!

Don't be an expectation. Don't be a checklist of things. Don't be a shadow of someone else.

It's hard for moms, dads, wives, husbands, children to live up to a perceived expectation. Really we should just expect honesty from one another. No one ever created happiness from lies. Being truthful in this year will bring you so much more happiness than you may have expected.

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