Code of The West1. Live Each Day with Courage
2. Take Pride in Your Work
3. Always Finish What you Start
4. Do What Has to Be Done
5. Be Tough, But Fair
6. When You Make a Promise, Keep It
7. Ride for the Brand
8. Talk Less and Say More
9. Remember That Some Things Are Not For Sale
10. Know Where to Draw the Line
After re-reading the list a few times, I got to thinking that those sure are good rules to live by. They will become the cornerstone of our youth program. Seems to me that folks can make things far too complicated sometimes, always trying to come up with grey areas when things are mostly black and white. Seems more often than not grey areas are often just a way out of making the right/hard/unpopular decision.
So then I turn the page (back to Western Horseman magazine again) and stumble across an interview with Sheila Varian, who amongst other things has this to say "You need to take loss with graciousness, but it should eat on you a bit".
Of course Michael Martin Murphy sums it up pretty good in his song "Cowboy Logic" - if you've never heard it, give it a listen and if you have, listen to it again.
Good news on the Grace front! I called Randy at the BLM yesterday to find out about the status of my application. He wasn't in but I talked with another woman in the office. She told me that I didn't need to wait for the application to be signed and returned - even though this is what Randy indicated in his cover letter to me when he sent me the application. That being said, she told me they signed and recorded it on 11/27/07 and that I should have already received it. Since I didn't, she was going to send me a copy in the mail. So tonight I called Mona and left a message with her to arrange for delivery of Grace to the Diamond G. Here's a picture of her from the mustang rescue site.
Got some more snow tonight - wasn't supposed to accumulate but we've got over a new inch on the ground so far.
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