Lesson 1: Never
blame anyone or anything else – if you have the power to make a difference
and you don’t take action that is worse than making a failed attempt.
So gates have not always been my best friend. I have
managed to pull one back into my face and gave myself two black eyes. The other
day when trying to move a cow calf pair through the barn, I got my arm stuck between
two gates. And the list goes on. Every time an incident like these occur I get told: “You got to be smarter
than the gate.” For as sarcastic and
blatantly obvious that statement may seem; it’s true.
If I would have thought through it and pushed on the stuck
gate and instead of pulling it towards me; it wouldn’t have been able to “whack”
me in the face. If I would have only
been moving one gate at a time instead of juggling opening and shutting 3 gates
at the same time my arm would have never got stuck.
Lesson 2: Think
before acting – this doesn’t just apply to gates but to life in general.
How will "this" action affect the people around me and/or myself?
In high school my life was consumed by horses and barrel
racing. There were very few days I would not be found riding a horse. Just like any sport and any athlete there
were the days I would come out on top and days when I would have bruises up and
down my shins from hitting barrels. Those days when I would win – my dad was
always there to make sure I stayed level headed – same goes for on the days
things didn’t go as planned.
Lesson 3: Humbleness
– We might be having the best day ever, but the person next to us might not be so fortunate - we have to keep them in mind when it comes to our actions and words of how great our day has been.
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