Heart
Monte
Baker
I
was
talking to a friend just the other day,
Who's
got a lot of opinions and plenty to say.
We
discussed what we both liked to see in a horse.
His
requirement and mine were different of course.
He
likes a clean throat latch and plenty of neck
And
prefers the hocks set close to the deck;
Short
backs, hard feet and a clean sloping shoulder,
An
a gaskin the looks like it swallowed a boulder.
He
likes a short face and a big old soft eye,
And
says these are the horses he's likely to buy.
And
when he had finished his lengthy discourse
About
all the requirements of a quality horse,
He
asked my opinion and where do I start.
And
I said that I just want horses with heart.
I'll
take heart above all the other.
I
don't care if he's Smart Little Lena's full brother,
Or
just how much money his grandmother won,
Or
whether he is Roan, Palomino, or Dun.
But
give me a horse with some grit and some try
And
some heart and some guts and that's the one I'll buy.
And
I found it's the same with a woman or a man.
The
good ones won't quit you when the shit hits the fan. |
Impossible
Author
Unknown
Impossible
is just a big word thrown around by small men
who find it easier to live in the world they've been given
than to explore the power they have to change it.
Impossible is not a fact it's an opinion.
Impossible is not a declaration.
It's a dare.
Impossible is potential.
Impossible is temporary.
Impossible is nothing. |
The Guy in
the Glass
Dale Wimbrow, © 1934
When you get what you want in your
struggle for self
And the world makes you King for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn't you father or mother of wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass;
The feller whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one starring back from the glass
He's the feller to please, never mind all
the rest,
For he's with you clear up to the end,
And you've passed your most dangerous,
difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your friend.
You may be like Jack Horner and
"chisel" a plum,
And think you're a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you're only a
bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.
You can fool the whole world down the
pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and
tears
If you've cheated the guy in the glass...
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Our Greatest Fear —Marianne Williamson
it is our light not our darkness that most
frightens us
Our deepest fear is not that we are
inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond
measure.
It is our light not our darkness that most
frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so
that other
people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.
—Marianne Williamson
|
The best leader works without
being seen,
helping all but known by few.
The second best
leader is loved and praised.
The bad leader is feared and
hated.
The worst leader is despised and ignored.
When a
leader trusts no one,
no one trust him.
The best leader is
tight-lipped;
he never speaks carelessly.
When his subtle work
is completed, his duty done,
ordinary people say,
"We did
it ourselves."
The best leader guides, he does not
govern.
He makes suggestions, and lets
people act.
The best leader is a man of few
words.
He works in the background.
His objective is
to make
himself obsolete.
book info:
A
Warrior Blends With Life
Michael La Torra
North Atlantic
Books, Berkeley CA
This was said by Lao
Tzu
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