What Is Success? Lesson Learning at the Circle L.
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What Is Success
Ralph Waldo Emerson
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.
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The last couple of days I have been thinking about what the kids have been learning on the ranch. I call it success. Why success? I believe that ranch kids are important to our society. They learn important life lessons.
Lesson Learning 1: Life and Death Happen.
Life is important. Life is how we continue traditions. Life happens on our ranch everyday.
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| Ryder and a couple of New Additions to our Ranch. He is in LOVE |
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| The kids learn to watch the mother cat. She always leads them to her babies. They have learned that patience pays off. |
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| A new addition to the Circle L! He has no name yet. |
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| We have had a lot of rain and therefor we have a lot of tad poles. So a lot of tag poles means lots of toads and frogs. It is a nightly activity to gather frogs and toads. |
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| Tad Poles. |
Lesson Learning 2: Summer is All about FRIENDS.
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| Kason & Parker. Friends are an important part of Life. I love these two boyz. |
Lesson Learning 3: Sharing.
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| Tripp & Reata. They both don’t realize it yet but they are learning a very important lesson called SHARING. It is a hard lesson for all of us. |
Lesson Learning 4: Dirt Never Hurt Anyone
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 Ryder knee deep in a hole. My ranch kids require a bath every |
Lesson Learning 5: Water Fights are a Summer Must.
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| Cooling off after a neighborhood gathering. In our country the kids use buckets!! |
Lesson Learning 6: Sometimes we have to slow down.
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| Meet Jag. He broke his leg. He now is in a cast for 6- 8 weeks. He is a puppy, he has had to S-L-O-W down. It is important to slow down and enjoy life. |
Lesson Learning 7: Thinking about our PAPA everyday.
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| Reata supporting PAPA at a ranch rodeo. Our Papa is battling cancer. Everyday we pray for him. Everyday the kids talk about him. No one Fights Alone. Cowboy Up for FRED. |
Lesson Learning 8: Hard Work will Pay Off.
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| Everyday Kason is feeding, bathing, walking, talking, and caring for his 4-H Steer. He told me “Mom this is a lot of work but I can not wait to show him off.” |
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| A cowboy with his steer. The smile tells it all. I am proud that these ranch kids are learning that hard work pays off. |
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| Cade and his steer. Cade told me the other day that this is a good experience. I agree. I would like to work at my projects just a little bit harder. |
Lesson Learning 9: Life is like a coil of rope.
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| Cade practicing his roping skills. I think life is like a coil of rope. The more you practice with a coil of rope the better you will get. Life is like that also. ” Practice make perfect,” a coach once told me. I believe it. |
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| All you need is a few friends and family and a ball. |
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| The flowers are so pretty this year. I know that God is looking down on the meadows and smiling. The colors are amazing. |
Lesson Learning 11: God is good to us.
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| Everyday we see this pheasant. He is at our gate every morning.
He always sings us a song and shows us his wings.
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Lesson Learning 12: The higher you go the better!
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| The problem with this lesson is what are you going to do when you get to the top and you can not climb anymore? |
Lesson Learning 13: It is not all about the Size, It is all about the Heart.
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| Meet PRINCE. He is a draft horse. He is so gentle. He is a hoot to ride. He has a big Heart. |
I hope you enjoy some of our summer pictures. I am thankful beyond words for these lessons that we are all learning.