MY OLD BLACK BILLY
I’ve humped my bluey in all the states, with my
old black billy
the best of mates; For years I’ve camped and toiled and tramped
Over roads that are rough and hilly;
with my highly sensible indispensable,
Old Black Billy
Edward Harrington

THE STABLES HAVE TURNED
100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses. 100 years ago everyone travelled on horseback and were frightened of planes.  Today everyone travels on planes and is frightened of horses. The stables have turned.

There was a time when cattle roamed the open range, a handshake sealed a deal, and your word was your bond. 
A time when people upheld a sense of right and wrong carried in the heart, the unwritten rules of the cowboy… THE CODE OF THE WEST is still alive and well today.

I’m in a bad place right now. Not mentally or spiritually…
The city… I’m in the city…

I love going to the city.
It’s a great reminder of
why I live in the country!

The best way to drive cattle fast
…is slowly

Fair crack of the whip means to give someone a chance – or a fair go.

The only one qualified to throw a stone, didn’t.
(John 8:7)

Achieving a goal is hard.
Failing is hard.
Choose your hard.

The woods would be very silent, if the only birds that sang there
were those that sang the best. Use the talents you possess.

Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice.

If you don’t have time to
do it right when will you
have time to do it over?
John Wooden

Life is hard.
It’s harder if you’re stupid!
John Wayne

Some people create their
own storms and then
get mad when it rains!
-Unknown-

EVERYDAY HEROES
There’s nothing phoney about the cowboy life. There is still a place where neighbours help neighbours, where the measure of a man is his character, where the hearts of everyday heroes reflect the timeless spirit of the cowboy.

I would rather go through the storm with Jesus, than sail through life without Him.

THE ICONIC COWBOY represents courage, optimism and plain hard work. Cowboys are heroic not just because they do a dangerous job, but also because they stand for some-thing — the simple, basic values that lie at the heart of the cowboy way. Even though their way of life has changed over the last 150 years, cowboys still honor and live by their code. They are an abiding source of inspiration to do better and be better than we are. Source

HINDSIGHT
Hindsight is looking back after an experience has happened. Insight is the ‘aha’, I shouldn’t have done that. Foresight is removing the cause of you blowing it again.

Fill your mouth full of marbles. Every time you ride a bull, spit out one of the marbles. When you have lost all your marbles you know you’re a bull rider!