Zelma's Aphorisms Old School Wisdom Instructive Inspirational Hilarious to Outrageous

Zelma’s Aphorisms Old-School Wisdom Instructive Inspirational Hilarious to Outrageous is inspired by the Book of Proverbs the book of wisdom for living. The teachings include instruction on folly sin goodness wealth poverty the tongue pride humility justice vengeance strife gluttony love lust laziness friends family life and death. Almost every facet of human relationship is mentioned in the Book of Proverbs. The teachings of the book is applicable to all men everywhere.At the time Zelma started to develop her personal collection of sayings it was shortly after her mother passed away when she was just eight years old. Her aphorisms are not as fine-tuned as the Bible but she cleverly developed a style that was applicable for her younger sibling and subsequently her children. I as a writer lived by and was influenced by my mother’s sayings. Some of these aphorisms are her originals and many she picked up from her father husband and strangers she came in contact. What is missing for the reader is the inflection of her voice combined with the words. In some instances my mother could have been a professional entertainer. However in her family she was recognized as a friendly kind generous and loving spirit to all. She was a dutiful daughter sister wife and mother. She was born and raised in Washington DC and was a member of the Methodist Church in Washington DC and Bel Air Maryland.