Character

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Character
My mother says she doesn't care,
About the color of my hair.
Or if my eyes are blue or brown.
Or if my nose turns up or down.

My mother says she doesn't care,
If I'm dark or if I'm fair,
Or if I'm thin or if I'm fat.
She doesn't fret over things like that.
It really doesn't matter.

But, if I cheat, or tell a lie,
Or do mean things that make folks cry.
Or if I'm rude or impolite,
And do not try to do what's right,
Then that does really matter.

It isn't looks that makes one great,
It's character that seals your fate.
It's what's within your heart, you see,
That makes or mars your destiny.
And that really does matter.

Murphy's horse laws

• If you do a thorough check of your trailer before hauling, your truck will break down
• There is no such thing as a sterile barn cat
• No one ever notices how you ride until you fall off
• The least useful horse in your barn will eat the most, require shoes every four weeks and need the vet at least once a month
• A horse's misbehavior will be in direct proportion to the number of people who are watching
• If you're wondering if you left the water on in the barn, you did
• If you're wondering if you latched the pasture gate, you didn't
• Hoof picks migrate
  
• Tack you hate never wears out
• Blankets you hate cannot be destroyed
• Horses you hate cannot be sold and will outlive you
• Clipper blades will become dull only when the horse is half finished
• Clipper motors will quit only when you have the horse's head left to trim
• If you approach within 50 feet of the barn in your "street clothes", you will get dirty
• You can't push a horse on a lunge line
• If a horse is advertised "under $5,000" you can bet he isn't $2,500
• The number of horses you own increases according to the number of stalls in your barn
• An uncomplicated horse can be ruined with enough schooling
• You can't run a barn without baling twine
• Wind velocity increases in direct proportion to how well your hat fits
• There is no such thing as the "right feed"
• If you fall off, you will land on the site of your most recent injury
• If you're winning, quit.

Original Author Unknown

If the horse you’re riding dies

The following story that was anonymously left in the mailbox of Dr. Emory Cowen of the University of Rochester:

Common advice from knowledgeable horse trainers includes the adage, “If the horse you’re riding dies, get off.” Seems simple enough, yet, in the education business we don’t always follow that advice. Instead, we often choose from an array of alternatives which include:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Trying a new bit or bridle.
3. Switching riders.
4. Moving the horse to a new location.
5. Riding the horse for longer periods of time.
6. Saying things like, “This is the way we’ve always ridden this horse.”
7. Appointing a committee to study horses.
8. Arranging to visit other sites where they ride dead horses efficiently.
9. Increasing the standards for riding dead horses.
10. Creating a test for measuring our riding ability.
11. Comparing how we’re riding now with how we did it 10 or 20 years ago.
12. Complaining about the state of horses these days.
13. Coming up with new styles of riding.
14. Blaming the horse’s parents. The problem is in the breeding.
15. Tightening the cinch.

Worth

A speaker started off his seminar by holding a $20 bill in the air.

In a room of 200 he asked, "Who would like a $20 bill?" Hand started going up. He said, "I am going to give this to one of you but first let me do this..." He proceeded to crumple up the bill. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still hands were up in the air. "Well, what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now who wants it?" Still hands went up in the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it, because, it didn't decrease in value. It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled and ground into the dirt by decisions we make and circumstances that come our way. We feel that we are worthless, but, no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives come, not in what we do, or who we know, but by who we are. You are special, don't ever forget it!"

Kneel and pray
Tell God how big your problems are
And remember to tell your problems how big God is!