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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Life hurts. Horses hurt. The cold hurts. We need to stop complaining and just get it done.
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"Make yourself someone that this world needs". That's some powerful stuff right there!
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Sir, you may not have smarts (as you so claim) but you are chock-full of wisdom, and it's so refreshing to hear it coming from a man like you. Thank you for all your videos. I'm always looking forward to the next one.
Amen…jewel
Was about to say the same. However, I would argue that even if he says that he's not smart, he's one of the smartest people I ever witnessed in my lifetime. Wisdom part is also spot-on!
Very well said. This is what this country has lost. What the world has lost honestly.
@@kielanENmiles True, Unfortunately, liberalism, and the education system which teaches marxism, and socialism is the reason why our society is falling apart.
Since Democrats have always controlled the education system, they have complete control to brainwash young people.
@@russkydeutsch and they have succeeded. Never before have we had such weak willed, easily influenced yet totally spineless young people. All looking for their 15 minutes of fame, free handouts and easy lawsuits of you criticize any aspect of their lives. Everyone is looking to be a Tik Tok star and no one is willing to pick up a hammer. The extreme liberal mindset has crippled at least two generations of youth.
Dwayne, I just want to thank you for what you do here on the channel. You are that fatherly voice this country needs to hear; that I need to hear. You have helped me become a better man, that's for certain. This world could use a lot more cowboys like you.
Here here!
My dad was a true cowboy in his past years and it definitely helped him make sure I have good work ethic and morals, but damn if he doesn’t have issues he needs to work out. Not all cowboys are pure hearted people like this guy is. I love my father, and I appreciate him bringing me up around horses and hard work, but I wish he could of been more patient and kind. This guy is a cool guy for sure! The fact that he’s a cowboy shows how hard of a worker he is, and the fact that he has so much peace shows his kindness. Maybe he’s not the #1 Dad, but he is still a great fatherly figure, that is gonna help us young men in these hard times in which it’s difficult for us to go to our own fathers for advice.
@@Bofa_dz Our Father who art in heaven, is who we seek for true wisdom and advice.
But I do enjoy listening and watching this man’s content, and learning horsemanship and things from him 😌
@@TheFreelanceCowboy shoot I didn’t see this reply but u know u got an excellent point there, I should’ve mentioned that. Thankyou for that reply, Lord bless your sweet soul my friend.
@@TheFreelanceCowboy haha “Don Papi” what a cool name u got there.
Take responsibility
Embrace the suck
Purpose over pleasure
Do what others won't do
Be grateful
These five things have influenced my life over the past several years, leading to stronger relationships, career development and overall satisfaction. Great video Dewayne.
Yes sir me too. Own that shit. Do the things that suck. Keep your cards close to your chest. Fortify your boundaries trust your instinct. And for me personally the Lord giving me a swift kick in the ass. Helped me more than anything. Bless you sir
There is a fine line between cowboy up and being stupid. Nobody that knows me would call me weak, but I do know my limits and where that stupid line falls. You can be aggressive and safe at the same time. I've seen way too many people trying to cowboy up and diving right across that stupid line face first.
A big difference between winning a Darwin Award and pushing yourself a bit harder.
She raised 7 kids, she was stronger than she knew she was just to accomplish that. Good woman you have there. They do exist. I have one too. Couldn't do what I do without mine.
My man I swear I wake up everyday and a video pops up from you and just makes me want to work harder like this one. Thanks for spreading the message and I’m gonna cowboy up in my own way!
Dwayne, I gotta tell you a story of when I did NOT cowboy up.
We come in from a trail ride and I did not feel good. I reluctantly asked the other wrangler if she would unsaddle. Sure no problem she said, but I still felt guilty. I went to the bunkhouse, puked and laid down. I had the "flu" and a back ache.
Anyway, long story short, about 4-5 days later went to the doctor and it was a ruptured appendix. I didn't feel quite so guilty after that.........lol
Throughout my twenty-four years as an active duty United States Marine, including my time in Vietnam and Desert Storm, I found that physical toughness is far more common than mental toughness. Everyone has their limits when it comes to physical endurance. Your “sore butt” cowboy apparent;y has a low endurance level because his mental toughness is weak. Your wife, on the other hand, has the mental toughness of a mother of seven, far greater than most men in this country, and her physical endurance and attitude matches it. There’s a story about a young Marine in a fighting hole (Marine terminology for Fox Hole) in Iraq. He and his unit had been after the enemy in 130+ degrees heat and unbearable humidity in full combat gear with little rest and with the very minimum amount of water and food because the slow supply chain unable to keep up with the attacking Marines. When a senior officer accompanied by an embedded news reporter asked the Marine if he needed anything, his response was, “I could use more ammo, sir.” That’s what embracing the suck is, that’s what cowboying the f*** up is. Accomplishing the mission. Mental toughness. Rare these days. Thanks, Dwayne.
Thank you for your service sir!!
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Thank you for your service! God bless.
Thank you for your Service 🤘
I'm currently going through a divorce and geographic separation from my kids right now. And yes, I needed to hear this tonight, because I have indeed been wallowing in self-pity over this situation today. As you say, time for me to cowboy up and get on with what needs doing.
Good luck Jeff. I'm also here after heartbreak
I’ve been there man.stay strong do all you can do for your kids and be the better man.can’t go wrong like that . Peace ☮️ and good luck from Dallas Texas.
"Embrace the suck" was something I heard over and over in the Army. The one I preferred, however, was "Fuck it. Drive on." AKA FIDO. Same meaning, but more suited to those times where the suck is especially nasty--hostile incoming fire, torrential downpour, twisted ankle, extra heavy kit, etc.
Life sucks sometimes, and there's no getting around that. The capability to rise above the discomfort is one which not everyone has, but which everyone can foster in their own way, regardless of mental or physical capability. One person's pain is another's discomfort, but the only way to learn your limit is to push past it.
I am 63 and was a logistics supervisor for a German car manufacturer and retired after 19 years. Man I wish I new the term Cowboy up when I was there. Great paying jobs but sometimes could be very physically demanding. Most kids just out of school could not handle it while a person twice their age worked rings around them. Like your channel you have a uncommon value which is comment sense.
I was in boot camp and had several large blisters on my feet, I went to my Company Commander and asked if I could go to medical. He looked at me and said "Son if you want sympathy it is between shit and syphilis in the dictionary" . My first taste of Cowboy Up!
I think my favorite if fairly minor "cowboy up" moment was around 2300 at JBLM during the middle of monsoon season. We had a humvee decide that gauges were for suckers, and men only need 2nd gear, so we had to offload an entire trailer, and reload it jenga style with the humvee on it. All while being hit with ~40F, 50+mph winds, and non-stop monsoon rains. To add insult to injury, the engineers who broke the humvee all went to bed, even being so kind as to turn all the flood lights off (since as is law, MT/HE and friends aren't worth the diesel).
In traditional manner, our Gunny commented on how great the weather was, got some flashlights going and we continued playing jenga until our bones were wet, and those trucks were 100% ready to go at odark-thirty that morning.
The engineers may have had a good nights sleep, but we still had better moral the next morning.
Which is why the Marine Corps has trouble keeping people. I was in the Air Force.
Such good advice. I’m 70 years old and most younger ones can’t keep up. I’ve led a pretty tough life and learned to cowboy up by some good people Only way to get through life
Amen Brother! I’m 63 and been a manual labor guy since I was 12, went in the Army right outta high school in 77. It was the tail end of the good ol’brown boot army where if you didn’t do your job you got your ass kicked. Oh the Cavalry life! I sure miss it. Stay young and heck yeah, keep giving the young’ns a run for they’re money. I do.
Great advice, sir. It took me until my early 20s to realize that I'm soft, weak-willed, and lack discipline. I'm 24 now and still on my journey to becoming the man I want to be but your wisdom/advice helps me tremendously to do that. I'm glad to have stumbled on your videos and I hope you and your family are doing well.
You're finding that out early, i feel like i have been that way all of my life. I've done alright but i am not proud nor have much respect for myself...Toxic shame, i wish beyond words that i was 1/10th the man Dwayne is...
I encountered that myself when I got the house I’m currently living in. Family moved out and since then I’ve been maturing and improving myself. Sure does help you out when you have to start learning to be self sufficient.
Im right there with you brother; im 23 learning this about myself and beginning the process, its hard work but it sure is worth it
I hear ya brother, I was hauling a load of bull's to the stock yards and when I went to unload them one of them was being bad tempered so I tried to get him to lead out when he turned and caught me and fractured my spine and cracked 4 ribs, but I was 2000 miles from Texas so I had to man up and get it done. And while I was doing all this the rear differential went out of my personal vehicle and I got a replacement but I couldn't do the work so my late wife cowgirled up and she replaced the differential as I sat there and told her what to do. God bless a good woman with true grit.
I needed this today - I’m 31 and my entire body (neck, back, elbows, hands, etc.) is riddled with arthritis already. My jobs really physical and some days absolutely suck. I’m gonna remember to cowboy up on those days. Thanks.
Hi. Albert here.
Finally… Just had to give a shout out keep the videos going, you and mama and all the critters lol are so refreshing from a lot of the other UA-cam crap!
Just a sidenote, I’m not a cowboy nor do I aspire to be one, actually a self-employed hairdresser of many many years.
Above all, keep the faith and shine on.
I lost my husband to cancer. You give sound life advice in a way that he would have. I have sent my sons your videos and told them that this is what your Dad would have said on this matter. They are 21 and 28. He has been gone 7 years. They’ve had to cowboy up. I thank you for taking time to make these videos. You are making an impact probably more than you know. My youngest has taken a liking to trying cigars. Maybe not such a good impact. Lol. God bless you and your wife.
Your a cutie
Well sir, 27yrs ago I was riding in a 3 day bull riding event & the last bull on the last day sent me to the hospital with 7 broken bones, 4 separated ribs, 1 collapsed lung & a brand new hoof-print in my chest. Went skiing 3 months later. 6 months after that I get broadsided on my way to a job sight & this time 3 months later I woke up paralyzed from the neck down. My therapist told me after about 18months in recovery you will probly have regained all the control you will ever get back. And I calmly replied, "your not the last say."
And almost three decades later I can confidently say that I think I will be able to run this year. I think to many people are too willing to let a 'professional' talk them into giving up on their self. So I just wanted to give you my example of the same idea you presented here. Toughness is first a mental capacity.
This is the best advice yet, matter fact, this should mandatory point blank 💪👍💪
I am very glad you shared about your neck and body aches because it makes me appreciate my thought pattern and carrying on regardless of the neck, the back and all that life has entailed. I can still walk, jump, read and once moving track not too bad for my age, so thank you. Also, with Deanna and her blisters, I have used this way of dealing with things all my life and it has worked thus far. Still adventures ahead. I gave myself until July so this is it. Time to dry up the tears and move forward. Being widowed twice ain't much chop!
This the best straight talk video I have ever watched. This world is full of weaklings. We now idolize victimhood and now everyone is a victim. My grandfather would roll in his grave if he knew the horseshit that is going on every day. Thank you for your honesty and no horseshit approach to your videos. Much appreciated.
“Embrace the suck” yep that’s what Soldiers do I did it for 21 years. But really learned it on my sister and her husband’s ranch in South Dakota 300 head of cattle can teach you a lot for 4 summers my mom would send me to Hecla South Dakota from 5:00am till supper we work cattle, Buck hay, mended fences just to name a few. Working on that ranch made me a good Career soldier. I’m not bragging but that hard ranch work toughened me up for life as a soldier. I truly love your cowboy wisdom and your channel Gob bless you and keep you and yours safe.
Hi there this is Scott I was raised in Texas and I live up in the mountains and Quebec I normally watch your videos first thing in the morning they're positive video and they're entertaining it's about 5:00 something in the morning and you have me laughing my butt off about Cowboy Up come on people get it together
66 year old Blacksmith here. Spent yesterday felling a 70 ft. Douglas Fir tree, cutting it up and loading onto my trailer and hauling it 60 miles to my buddy's mill to cut it into lumber for our cabin build. Oh yeah, I have to haul it 750 miles before I even start building with it. A little sore today. Ibuprofin and ice is better than aspirin. No blisters even though I forgot my gloves. Callouses for the win.
To respond to your ”I’m not smart…”…
Wisdom is worth a whole lot more then smart. 😉👍
I’m a third generation roofer , I’m 33 been roofing for 12 years . Fell off and landed on a fence , after a few minutes of bitching , I was on my back I just self evaluated and shut up . Found the green leaves swaying in the trees and made that my only concern. Beautiful I thought .
I cowboyed up . Was fine mentally after a shattered t12 and t11
Broken sacrum 12th rib
Ripped my asshole
But those trees were beautiful and I just breathed .
Helicopter ride on fetynal was epic too 😂
“Embrace the suck” is what we live by in the army. Spending 33 in the New Mexican desert and 30 in California with no shower and bad food and even less sleep was not fun. “Cowboy up” was always in the back of my mind through I hated hearing it as a kid.
Yep and that type of mentality will get ya killed real quick
Thank you for your service!!
This video I happened upon as a total accident, though I’m no where near what a cowboy represents. Hell, I don’t even have horses, and have only rode a horse a handful of times. I respect men like you a lot, you’re simple and smart in your own way. Honest and true, back bone of this country. I needed to hear this, to “cowboy up” in my own profession and in day to day life. So thank you Dewayne, God bless you and your family ❤️ you have a new subscriber 😌
Thanks for the sound and practical advice.
One thing I learned in 20 years of military service. If you have the grit to push through the physical discomfort and the mental toughness to keep going when your body says "I can't", that fortitude plus a desire to do good, you can get anywhere you want.
WOW!! You have a lot of wisdom! Sounds just like my dad!
My wife broke her Tibia just after I got my horse. At the same time we were in looking for one for her. Had surgery they put a rod from her knee to her ankle. We found a horse she was interested in and I road him to check him out. We purchased him took him got him home. Two weeks she was riding him with one foot in the strip one food in a boot cast. She insisted on saddling her own horse throughout the hole thing. All at the age of 58 years old. She just broke it again two weeks ago and is back riding. Last ride was 10 miles. I would say Cowboy up. But she is all Cowgirl. Much stronger then I ever new. 25 years together this year
When I was learning to ride, the mare I was working with had a lot of issues with her ears being messed with. So I bit her up and when I get to her ears she just swings her head and knocks me on my back.
Teacher rushes up, asks me if I'm good. I actually without thinking ask "am I bleeding?"
"No."
"Okay I'm fine. Let's ride."
Great video, thanks Dewayne. Even though I don't work at a physical job, "cowboy up" is a mindset I always try to take into the office with me. Suck it up, get it done, and get it behind you. Life is a lot easier when you just do what needs doing.
Best wishes and good luck in TN.
Cowboy up....man, this country is in dire need of more 'cowboy up'. So true what you said about that girl finding a strength inside she didn't know she had - there's a time to give someone a hand, and then there's a time to let them stand up on their own. Don't rob someone of that lesson. Solid advice.
I'm sorry to know that y'all are leaving the great Lone Star State, but I wish for you and yours a safe journey and good fortune in the upcoming endeavors. Y'all always be welcomed back.
I'm just like you. I was a horse groom for many years. I've been stepped on, bit. I got my hands rope burned loading horses on to trailers. I had no choice but to cowboy up and keep going. All that made me more resilient and tough mentally. I see other guys that get any little bobo and they wanna quit.
You have wisdom which is far more important than knowledge. Wisdom is knowing how to use knowledge, among other things.
I have a trainwreck of a mouth, every tooth needs pulled, so I'm in pain every day and must cowboy up.
Dwelling on your pain doesn't help. Distract yourself.
This reminds me of the old saying:
"Hard times make for strong men; strong men make for easy times; easy times make for weak men; weak men make for hard times."
Not a wrangler here, but your advice has really helped me get my life back on track. Thank you
I appreciate you and the advice you provide. You may believe you are not smart, but I believe you are wise because your words resound wisdom. I appreciate these videos and consider them a God send in my life. Thank you for being honest and imparting genuine wisdom.
I'm new to the channel but this applies today even more than it did when you released it. Thanks for the insight and all the videos you do. I look forward to spending more time with you even though it's virtual. Stay safe and cowboy up.
I can hear the awe in your voice when you talk about your wife. Very moving story. Thank you for sharing.,
WOW! 😯 Your wife is AMAZING ! 🏆 God bless Mama AND you for your respect and praise you give her ! 😌
My Son Joe's Wife Susan is as tough as they come. She ridden both horses (Joe's Roper Smokey and Her's SugarFoot a Paso Fino) and motorcycles (She's owns a Harley Davidson Fat Boy Low), that Harley she's ridden to work at 28 degrees in the mornings at 4:30am. Susan shoots rifles a .308 deer hunting and she's came in third in a pistol shooting contest shooting a 9mm Glock pistol that she had never held before and shooting left handed because her right hand was swollen because of limpidema due to breast cancer. Now Susan has Metastatic Breast Cancer. She doesn't give up, She's Cowgirl Tough. Thanks for the Great Videos You are a Man's Man living the Life. God Bless You and Your Wife and Your Family, God Bless America and Our Fellow Citizens
🥰🥺Mumma you a Strong Little Lady. I love These stories 😍🙏🙏Bless You Both. CowGirl up Alright 💪💪🙏
Boy, I was thinking of calling into work today from not feeling well but thank God for this video, snapped me right out of it. Thank you Dewayne.
Dewayne,
Thanks for the video. I’ve told our 6 kids their whole lives “You don’t know how strong you can be, until being strong is your only option “. Those words never rang true or until I lost my wife of 30 years suddenly. Cowboy up stay safe out there. And tell your wife I’m proud of her and you should be too.
You turned it around for me today. Thank you.
There's something to be said about pushing through some pain. I learned that lesson when I was about 15. I snuck off and took a four wheeler out for a ride without my parents permission. Ended up taking a good spill 10 miles from home. Dislocated my thumb & skinned up both my legs real good. Only option was to get back on, push through I could lick your wounds later.
I don't claim to be a cowboy, I don't own any Cows, I do own and have owned a lot of horses and ride them, train them and take care of them.
It is rough sometimes and you have to embrace the suck.
I am a Horseman.
Excellent chat. That’s a real problem today. People want the reward but they’re not willing to suffer for it.
Dewayne, I sit here listening to you and think dang. Then I remember, these words are exactly what I did when I was a hunting man. I haven't spent hours in the saddle (though I wish I had the life that I could have) But I remember many times in the wet cold morning and instead of thinking about how uncomfortable it was I was enjoying nature. So thank you for the reminder of some good memories!
YES!!!! To all sentiment expressed but especially the partagas 6 by 60 black label...18 years in the brotherhood of the leaf and it is one of my go to sticks...LFD and Padron 7000 are great as well
Back in 2019 I had just started doing replacement windows. It was my first day. It was me and my boss and that’s it no other employees. We had to do a door wall now these panels way upwards of 100 pounds apiece. Now I was not expecting it to weigh that much. I go to pick this panel up and even though it was heavier than I expected, and my legs were shaking. I pushed through and carried that old panel all the way back to the truck. Mind you was also over 100° that day the hottest weather I’ve ever worked in up to that point , up until the day I left my boss always like to bring that day up anytime any of the new guys ever complained because he was just impressed of how I pushed through it
in the Army we had a saying that we heard all the time. " Suck it up and drive on!" Yes "Embrace the suck" is another one that is used all the time. when you get right down to it the mission has to be achieved. unfortunately we have come to point where life has become too easy and that creates generations that are soft and weak. i am a 100% service connected disabled Veteran. you can call me many thing but soft is not one of them. i still do what i want but i know that for ever day of hard work i put in the cost of it will be paid for in pain but i am not ready to just lay down and die and when i am hurting and want to give up i can hear old Drill Sergeant Kinson screaming "Suck it up and drive on Hooah!"
I grew up with no father, but I payed attention. I grew up on a farm. I learned thankfully the lessons of cowboy up. We DO have a nation of weak willed people. Please pay attention, young men, to men like Duwayne
I agree with your taste in cigars, those Partagas Black Lable 6 x60's are the best. I enjoy others, but those are always in my humidor. I am 74 and cowboy up is the truth well spoken.
God has blessed you with each other. That makes you a blessed couple! That is a rare thing these days.
Dwayne let's remember if think your sore, put yourself in your Horses shoes carrying you around all day, hehe....
This was really encouraging. Thank you sir. It's been years since I've cared for or been on a horse, but your words of wisdom can apply to so many things. This young man has learned much from you.
DeWayne - out of that list of ‘don’t haves’ you listed you should’ve listed one ‘have’ and that is wisdom. A lot of people don’t have that. And it’s why the world is the way it is, regrettably…
Be blessed for the wonderful gift you do have.
I'm sorry to hear about your wife,shes a tough lady.
I was wondering if you've done a video on cowboy boots. If you have please let me know, if not would you? I buy the best I can afford. Your hat video was a great help, thank you.
You seem to know scads about both horses and people.
And that's a lot, and it's
exactly what I needed to hear more often than even I thought.
Thank you for this. Exactly what a lot of people needed to hear. I need to be reminded myself
7:15 - "I have no head for business"
Owns Dry Creek Wrangler School
My dog and I just tipped our heads at that statement! Then we laughed!
Best to your continued success!
I remember in the80s in reno i was walking down the street when a guy yelled at me hey i owe you $20 and this was a guy from the street .i hardly ever saw him .bur he surprised me ..he had integrity God bless him where ever he is today
Great video! I am told one of the things the Navy Seals teach their guys in training is when you are completely exhausted and totally wore out you are really only at 40% exhaustion, that you actually have another 60% you can push yourself if you really have to (want to) and that is everybody. They also teach attention to detail, every single tiny detail. It is the details that make or break the deal, the mission, the job, whatever you want to call it. Again, great video lots of wisdom for all of us.
Robert found you by accident! Miss you and your family at IBC in Alaska. Robert and Jackie Dederick. (we met in 1986 because of a cowboy hat)
We have been so blessed to live in America that we have lost our grit, thanks for all that you and your beautiful bride do for America 🇺🇸
Oh God! I used Cowboy Up Cowgirl up I my children daughters All the time! They hated it especially when they were whinnying about something! Actually had a sign in the house over the doorway! In the real world and in life everyone NEEDS to COWBOY UP AND JUST GETTER DONE
I agree thank you! God bless you
Man Dwayne i wish i had more people like you in my life just someone to look up to
As a retired self employed dirt farmer of 50 years this video resonated with me Dewayne. I had no employees during those years except the crew needed for weeding or the daily asparagus cutting, etc! But when the combine broke down on a 110° afternoon or the water needed changing in the sweet corn, I needed to “Cowboy up” because my livelihood and my self respect was at stake. Whining about these difficult situations wouldn’t achieve anything but me hearing myself gripe. Perseverance is a lost word in conversation and rarely seen in society today. Model it! Thanks again Dewayne for another great video.
With respect Dewayne, I can appreciate cowboying up, and certainly understand "toughening up" as I've had to do it more than once in life, especially working around and riding horses and working around other livestock. But just for the record, please do not take "cowboying up" to the extent that you make a complex health issue worse. A few blisters are one thing. Getting a foot stepped on is one thing. Even a slight grazing kick by a horse can be one thing as has happened to me. Broken bones (especially ribs) are another. A punctured lung is no joke and neither is sepsis. My twin brother is an Emergency Medicine doctor and I've lost count of the number of times he's told me to get something looked at after I told him "I'm fine." Tore my right medial meniscus leading a friend's Paso Fino stallion once. Damned thing reared up and lifted me off the ground and I landed flat-footed so hard that I could tell I hurt my right knee, but I kept going through the day in pain. The pain ultimately went away. 8 years later, I tore the same right medial meniscus mounting a horse from the ground. I could feel the tear and it hurt, but I kept riding for my riding lesson. Tore the same knee again a few days later walking/limping and hooking my foot over a piece of raised asphalt in a parking lot and this time the knee swelled up and it hurt like heck. Some years later, I had an knot-headed Appaloosa gelding rear up on me and dropped me on my right side like a sack of potatoes and then the bastard sat down on my legs before it got up and bolted away. Fortunately, at the time, I was wearing my carbon fiber knee braces to protect both knees (long story, old injuries). Banged my elbow, but was otherwise fine and just angry with my own stupidity. Point is, there's cowboying up and then there's being foolish. If you're in pain it's better to be cautious and see a doctor than to let a bad situation turn into a serious one. I knew a woman who had a horse roll on her, tore up both her knees. Somehow she managed to drag herself from the riding arena, get up and walk to her car, and go to the university's campus health center. She was one tough lady who definitely "cowboy'ed up" but even she knew she'd gotten seriously hurt.
Thank you for saying what I was having trouble thinking about how to put in words. There's a difference between, "my butt hurts," and, "I've broken three ribs." The "cowboy up" part of it, for me, is making sure that nothing is going to go wrong because you walk away from something when it makes good sense to walk away. It goes with the phrase, "know your limits." I once saddled up to go on a trail ride with the group from my barn. I did so a little early because I wanted to work my gelding that I was going to ride and make sure he was in the right frame of mind. I'm not as young as I once was and, after about 20 minutes of riding, about 5 minutes before everyone was going to leave, my hips locked up and were in severe pain. If I had "cowboyed up," I would've been a mile into the 5 mile trail ride and been in real trouble. The smart decision was to get off my horse, stretch my hips out and tell everyone else to go on and have a good time without me. The smartest bull riders know that sometimes you need to let go of the rope.
@@ByrdMann2010 , I’m fond of the Clint Eastwood quote as Dirty Harry Callaghan, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” As for bull-riding, I cheer for the bull. You write, that the smartest bull-riders know when to let go of the rope. To me, there isn't anything smart about sitting on 2200 pounds of "I want to smash you into a pulp." But hey, I say something similar about horses that I'm sitting on 1500 pounds of "I don't have to listen to you."
I am in agreement. Sucking up and pushing past pain is one thing but a true injury is a different thing.
Exactly. Cowboy up intelligently. Permanent health issues are worse than a bruised ego. You have a lot of great videos Duane, but don't call for idiocy. Being tough is a lot different from being stupid.
I disagree with all of these reply's. Cowboying up is a mindset. You either have it or you don't. You can get it f you want it, but you gotta want it to get it.
A country boy can survive. Cowboy logic is awesome.
I love it. I got into a motorcycle accident a couple hours before work. I popped some ibuprofen and did my 8 hour shift.
Hi. Thank you for your wisdom and gumption. I subscribed. Be safe and we’ll.
There is truth in what you say. If your life demands it you have to toughen up sometimes and push through. But also you need to develop a feeling for when you need to stop.
You sir are an inspiration to myself and I'm sure many others. There aren't enough people like you in the world.
Finally, somebody says it without beatin' around the bush or sugar-coating it! Thank you, Dwayne!
Thanks for this discussion. I had a widow maker heart attack 2 years ago and almost died. I have had the mindset that I am broken since then. This week, I started back bodybuilding after several years off and I am weak and sore but I am back again! I needed this message today Dewayne. Thanks brother.
It takes a tremendous amount of strength and will to start once again!
Thank you So much for this. We so need to hear this now. I, like your wife do enjoy a cigar with my husband as well. Times are gonna get tougher and we all need to “Cowboy Up”. Well said.
Internal fortitude. Real Vaceros are tough mane. 🤠
I enjoy your channel.
You are an inspiration 🙏
You, Sir, are an amazing man!
This was a wake up call, an attitude adjustment for me. I’m young, and I live with chronic pain that’s pretty debilitating. I’m at that point in life where I’m looking for a job, for a career, a purpose, and I find myself shying away from everything because of the risk for pain. But you’re right, and I agree; I’ve gotta cowboy up. Else I’ll be spending the rest of my days miserable and reliant on people who don’t deserve that. There’s a mental strength required, and I might not know how exactly to build that up, but I think I’m making a good start my placing myself in the company of godly, moral role models.
Dewayne. You are a wise man. I just subscribed to your channel
Sorry we missed you in Bandera. I was thinking I’d book a ride with you in a few weeks. Next time. And you’re so right. Nobody cares if your butt hurts. I wish more folks understood that. God bless.
I just started this video and I can already tell it’s gonna be a mustache burner!
Thanks- I agree. Hope Tennessee works out.
Every time I thought I had all I could handle God made a fool out of me. I remember feeling overwhelmed a few years ago then my dad got sick and I had to care for him. Slept there every night for 3 weeks. So when I thought I was overwhelmed I was wasn’t. Cowboy up. Dwayne you’re a great story teller
Everyone thinks soldiers are made by the military, but their not, soldiers are born, and then some are lucky enough to get trained by the military, others are not, but the single mother who works full time and still finds time and energy for her kids at the end of the day, that's a soldier, the man who runs into a burning building or into the street to save a child, that's a soldier, and the man who does what is required of him despite the pain and discomfort they are in from broken ribs, that is a soldier.
Thank you Dwayne for posting this. As a woman one of the things I often say to myself is " cowboy up princess 🤣"❤️
I'm grateful for all your wise words
Damn, just damn sir, words I haven't heard since I was young and certainly needed them once more, right about now :)
Great Video. Safe travels to Tennessee. Stay Warm.
Wise words Sir, Your videos are always great. Been a Climber for 35 years, my friends and I would always say, my best vacation is your worst nightmare. Lots of folks would get more out of life if they would just Cowboy Up. Thanks Dwayne, safe travels to you and your wife.
When I was ten the horse I was riding got upset with the trail order of the horses and started throwing a crazy fit.. needless to say I got bucked off and landed in a tractor rut. It knocked the breath out of me and I began to feel fear and at that moment my dad rode up to me and said get back on and I said I didn't want to ride. My dad said cowboy up and get on my horse. He told me that if I didn't want to ride then get back on and take it back to the barn which was miles away or get back on and handle it. In my dad's eyes I saw something that scared me more than any horse ever hoped to.. so I climbed on and made my horse behave because getting bucked doesn't compare to having a mud hole stomped in your ass and it being walked dry!! I am 33 now and I could never convey to you how grateful I am for having a hero for a dad who showed me the meaning and purpose of " COWBOY UP ". Thank you for the video