Facing The Fear
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2022
- Being nervous or afraid around horses, or when working our horses at a certain level, is natural. But we need to face that fear and conquer that fear, and in this video, we discuss how we can go about overcoming the natural fear of working with an animal that is so much bigger and so much more powerful than we are.
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I just want to add to this for anyone who might be facing fear or having anxiety… if you hide from your fears, you just give them room to get bigger. The only way to get rid of it is to face it and go through it. Once you come out the other side you’ll realize that it was just an illusion.
Amen brother, fear is a liar.
Thank you. 😊
I appreciate your words. Peace be with you
@@PilgrimPiper same to you, friend!
Thank you for writing this STATX. I really needed to hear this right now.
“I don’t want to be the kind of person who trembles when life walks by his door. I want to be the kind of person who makes life tremble when I walk by ITS door.” Amen and amen! Well said, sir :)
the "You are going to get hurt" bit is exactly what ive been training for mentally and physically for the past year or two. Pain is inevitable in life, be it a physical injury by accident or someone hurting us mentally by actions or words, you need to be prepared for it and personally what helped me was to embrace pain rather than try to avoid it. Take cold showers and just accept the discomfort. Exercise focusing on the burn and ache in your muscles. If you are socially awkward, take a nosedive and get into the center of peoples attention. Always try your best and never give up!
Damn bro
Dwayne, thanks for this video!! Life long rider, here. Five years ago I had a stroke, that put me in a wheelchair for almost 6 months, I taught myself to walk again, and just a couple months ago I got on a horse again for the first time in nearly 5 years, one of the most emotionally draining days of my life! Especially since I NEVER thought I’d sit astride a horse and actually ride again!! Thank you again for this video!!!
I'm still recovering from a herniated disc. I spent a year in agony and physical therapy. It's lonely to be stopped dead like that. I'm glad your healing 👍
Jim, I can't know how you felt after something as life altering as a stroke; bless your heart. I'm very happy just reading that you're back in the saddle of life, and in the actual saddle as well. I broke my leg in a horse accident a while back, and was feeling down about it, going around on crutches and all, but when I got back on my horse, I felt whole. Like I could go as fast and smooth as ever - even though it was horse doing the work. I just felt normal again as long as I was on that horse. Of course a broken leg isn't that big of a deal, and it healed and I'm as good as new, but I'll never forget how alive and great that horse made me feel. May God bless you with continued healing.
Congratulations on that huge achievement!
God bless you Mr.
Jim, reading your comment started the tears here. A bit more than 2 yrs ago I had a silly little fall and broke a cpl vertebrae. Easy fix but the infection put me in the hospital 2 months and the Dr said, I may not walk again!
O heck no, I've seen too many Hallmark movies and I know how this ends. I could barely walk when I got home, but after my girl saddled the boys on day 2 of being home, we rode and I cried.
Hang in there, never give up
I just start my first job as an ER doctor after graduating medical school last month..every shift I feel fear and face adversity, and usually end up feeling dumb and vulnerable. I needed to hear this today, although I’m not a horsemen these principles certainly hold true in my field as well. Just gotta keep getting back on the horse, the confidence will come with time and knowledge. After all “the price of mastery is a beginners embarrassment”. Thank you.
Thank you, for your courage and stamina in what you do, in taking the bull by the horns, and sustaining yourself from your 💗 to hang on for giving your best to others in hopes for 1 more clearer day ☀️💕🌼💗🌼💕☀️
Facing Fear is often reality, cannot escape reality. Fantasy only works in Hollywood movies, books, politics and the bedroom 😀
You got this
You’re probably feeling imposter syndrome (look it up). I am almost certain that most of the senior ER docs on your floor were just like you when you started; they didn’t know what they know now.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for choosing that profession
"Perfect practice makes perfect." I heard that so many times from my venerable martial arts master. He had been a Marine, wounded in Okinawa during WW2, recovered and spent the next 17 years on the island, learning karate & judo from the locals. He ended up becoming a 10th-degree black belt in each! His wisdom and grit were something to aspire to. RIP Paul, thanks for the lessons and the memories.
I don't even ride horses, but I still watch every video.
As a Floridian.
This channel started out as awesomelightning, almost 14 years ago. I was 12, and I *adored* and still adore storms.
Now, back when hurricane Ian struck us, and the eye passed over our house, I spent a good... good amount of time reveling in his power. I literally stood outside in a part of my house that created a wind tunnel effect, and let the rains and 150+mph winds buffet me. Video is on my channel somewhere if I didn't make it private. And after the storm, I spent a large amount of time praising the storm, and how beautiful it was, and how much I loved just going out there and letting Poseidon absolutely show me his strongest.
Now people yelled at me. Told me I was "insensitive to a natural disaster" and that I was "glorifying violence." Except... I was the one, literally part of the natural disaster, in the literal eye of the storm, allowing its force to overwhelm me. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever experienced, and it humbled me at just how powerful nature is and can be. It is not nature's fault she can destroy. We built the homes in nature's bowling alley and blame her for scoring a strike? That isn't right.
On the same token, I have spent the last 10 years of my life, absolutely buckling in fear over the dumbest of things. The slightest perturbation would knock me off kilter. The slightest of stress would bring me to my knees. It got to the point seeing *colors* in certain contexts would break me, due to their associated symbolisms with anger and failure.
Yet this channel holds the spirit of that 12 year old who would stand outside in the middle of thunderstorms hoping lightning would strike the tree in front of me, every storm of every summer of every year for almost 5 years, and I *still* am inclined to record the good ones, almost 14 years later. I am still the person who, 2 years ago, stood out in the middle of a bloody hurricane in an *intentional* wind tunnel to make things *worse* and treated it like one of our local theme park rides.
Did I look at a storm and learn to fear it because oh no, I might get struck by lightning so I need to stay indoors. Or "oh no, a hurricane is coming, better buy $600 of toilet paper"
No, I embraced my Florida Man, stood outside in those storms with actual knowledge of what lightning was likely to strike and avoided it, and allowed that damned storm to give me a show better than Netflix could ever give me.
You're raised in the storm capital of the world, you best learn meteorology, and fast--and I did. I didn't flee from Florida or pray for the storms to disappear. No, this is her nature, this is Florida for you, and I can't ask her to change. But I *can* watch those storms, learn how to navigate it, and learn how to enjoy the show they bring.
When you live in Florida, you learn that storms aren't scary. Majority of us LOVE our storms. Because we understand them, and know how to navigate them.
When life throws you a storm, do you sit there and curse Zeus and Poseidon for doing their jobs? Or whatever deity or natural force you believe in? Or do you acknowledge thst storm, know it'll pass, and recognize that the storm is LOUD and THREATENING but it's 99% of the time, all for show. As long as you know how to handle the storm, it can be quite enjoyable. And if you're like me and live in an area with frequent storms, we've got the infrastructure for it. So if a Category 5 hurricane strikes your house? And there's nothing *really* flying around? Perhaps don't be as stupid as me and go outside towards the wind tunnel created by your barn and house and trees and treat it like one of our theme parks. But oh, if you do, it sure as hell is a story to tell.
And if I can stare Poseidon directly in the eye and have the *balls* to tell him to "blow me" and let his rains drench me and feel him strike me with his forces, during a Category 5 hurricane? I can take whatever storm life throws at me.
And you can too.
When faced with a storm, dare to find your inner Florida Man, and face it fearlessly.
OMG! When you said, 'you eat meat, he IS meat', I laughed so hard that I nearly spewed my coffee. In my 68 years, all of which have been spent with people and horses, I have never heard that. That is priceless! I hope you and your lovely family have a great, glorious day, and God bless.
Your pfp is telling me otherwise 68 year old…
I have been watching your videos lately and I've never even rode a horse, but the lessons you give on the life, I can relate with.
Isn't it nice to know someone who has been down that road and can tell us about the bumps & turns before we get to it so we can better prepare ourselves for the glorious ride that life offers us if we aren't too afraid to experience it. Thank you Dewayne & Momma for preparing us for the ride ahead.
For so long, I've let fear and doubt control me. I really needed this, and you said it in a way no one else could. Thank you, Dwayne.
Truer words were never spoken. The older you get, the harder the ground gets. Thanks Dewayne.
I don't ride horses. I fix cars for a living. Ford motor company transmission technician. I REALLY enjoyed this. Have really been enjoying your videos, life's wisdom. Thank you.
Howdy, I’m terrified I start my new position next month I will be kitchen manager/chef. I started as a dishwasher in 2015 and I’ve worked hard every day to get this position,It’s always what I wanted. But I’m scared scared to fail. I got all these guys in the kitchen looking at me and needing me to lead them. I don’t want to fail them.
Courage is not absence of fear, just brilliant .
Your wisdom is helping me beautifully. I’m naturally an anxious person somewhat since a child even as a baby. I really rejoice and thank The good Lord for your messages
While having a nice cigar and espresso this morning, I got to watch this video. Honestly, I need a constant reminder of this whole subject. I'm in college currently, after serving in the Marines for an enlistment. You'd think I wouldn't be afraid of anything anymore after being a Marine, proving myself there, but being in college, I'm terrified of failure. I have a wife to take care of, I can't fail. Sometimes really hard to face the fear of failure, and I put everything I have into not failing. Once I start my semester, the fear disappears and the hard work begins, but it's during the pauses between semesters that fear of failing college or failing to find a job fast enough after I earn my degree that it really starts to set in. Thanks for the video and reminder this morning, I needed it.
You won't fail, Marine, because it's on your mind not to, and bless you for being a man who won't take failure as an option. This old USAF SSgt salutes you for your service to our nation, as well.
Good for you, Marine! I admire your fortitude. Just a thought - maybe that fear of failure is what'll make you successful where others might quit or fail. That fear might actually be your friend. Someday you'll need to conquer it, but for now it might be better to just use it as incentive to accomplish your goals. Actually, as you continue to succeed your confidence will increase - and the fear problem may just solve itself. But in any case, thank you for serving us and our country - the older I get, the more I appreciate and admire young men and women who choose to put themselves in harm's way for the rest of us. That's admirable beyond words.
@@grassblade63 Thanks for your service as well! I appreciate the confidence as well!
Hey Ezio, little Grey whiskers knowledge. Kinda like the old guys in the Corp. You are gonna have failures. Congrats on getting married. There's a learning curve, and it's more fun learning with a partner. The good thing is, nobody will be shooting at you. If you're listening to Dwayne, maybe you've got horses? There's no better time for me and my girl, than when we're out early on our boys. Make sure you guys spend time together alone! Failures are mostly speed bumps in life, where you learn to slow down. But you learn. It's admirable you don't wanna fail your girl. Never stop trying to be the guy she fell in love with, and take time to enjoy life.
@@spaert When I was in, I was afraid of failure when I first got to my unit, but then I became somebody who was the go-to guy for questions on certain subjects. My goal is to get to that point again, because it was such a good feeling to be relied on and seen as a source of knowledge. So you're right, the fear of failure is definitely an ally, but holy crap, it's a sucky feeling lol I appreciate the confidence!
Facing your fear, getting outside your comfort zone, is the only way you grow as a person.
Good advice, as usual. 2019 I had a minor stroke and was told I should cut back on riding because of blood thinners. So what did I do? I quit the job I was working that I hated & started guiding trail rides where I ride every day. I figure nobody makes it out of this world alive so I may as well live while I can
How’s that going for you now?
“Ignorance is what make us afraid…”this gentleman is a human library. Thank you for all your advices, Mr. Dwayne. I’m really glad UA-cam recommended me your channel. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷
I remember my first encounter with horses, face to face, without a fence separating us. I do property maintenance and was hired to mend a fence around a horse pasture about eight years ago. I was working on one section in the back corner, when I heard a rumble. The rumble got louder and louder and I could feel it under my feet. I turned around to see four horses barrelling their way right at me. There was an obvious "leader" of the pack, a black horse. Just when I thought they were going to run me over the black horse went from a sprint, to a complete stop RIGHT in front of me, almost instantly! That was one of the most INTENSE feelings I've ever felt. Such size, power, strength and speed coming right at me, it felt like an earthquake! The intimidation I felt when that lead horse halted and towered over me was quite profound. Granted, these horses WERE a little wild and were notorious for damaging fences, kicking outbuildings, that sort of thing.......but I came to realize that they weren't there to trample me or scare me. They were just curious and wanted to see what I was up to. On subsequent visits to that property, they come barrelling toward me, but I knew they weren't trying to be aggressive with me and I wasn't as scared or intimidated as that first time. They would follow behind as I worked and I would talk to them, occasionally feeding them handfuls of straw as I went. Since then, I've come across several more horses that were much calmer, less intense and skiddish than those previous four that I worked around. I've seen some that seemed as if they could see into my soul and they were so soft and gentle, you could see the kindness in their eyes.
Courage is the very walk through fear into the fact of becoming free.
Mister Dwayne, heating you reminds me mu grandpa, a farmer here in Brazil, he is in another dimension now, but we still kip the farm, raise cattle and horses. But the way you talk make me remember him and my father too, grate, advise from admirable people.
Outstanding philosophy! I always enjoy your talks. and by the way, the earth isn't getting harder but as we age gravity seems to get stronger.. 😎
Amen! That 'bounce' becomes more of a 'splat' too ..... 😏
For what it's worth I just want you to know Dwayne that your videos reach a women in her 30s that's been through many difficult things in life I have been around mostly males all my life I now am a mother to 4 sons and I find you so intelligent so insightful and rare it's so refreshing I'm greatful to have found you ❤ god bless you and momma xxxx love from England xxxx
Learn, Strategize, Practice, Repetition, conquering fear becomes easier when u understand and have strategies to deal with it. Personally, the 5 second countdown rule or rhythmic breath is a good way to start. Best wishes to everyone!
My grandmother, who is currently 96, use to pick tobacco in the Connecticut river valley when she was a teenager. We live about 45 minutes from that area in CT. Drove by the other day and saw all the fields full of tobacco leaf. It’s a pretty area of CT
Sir my name is Denver Page i am an ex bronc rider that was to afraid to keep doin it and i just wanted to say this video just helped me tremendously, thank you sir
"I don't know if it's this climate warming... but the ground is harder today than it was 20 years ago..." :))
Dewayne you're hillarious!!
This is the best account of the perils of climate warming I've seen yet.
Courage helps you in everything, doesn't matter if it's exercise, jumping from a plance or talking to a girl, when you do these actions, confidence builds up aswell as courage, then everything gets easier to handle
45 years ago I would snicker when I saw a rider rigged up with a night latch. I remember we called them "sissy straps". Now I'm 66 years old...still starting 2 year olds.
Due to that phenomenon of the ground getting harder, I can now chuckle at my saddle, proudly rigged with my very own "sissy strap ". Live and learn. Keep it 90, Dewayne.
For the first time I’m living by myself and I’ve been freaking out a bit, I grew up in a house of 6 and there’s always been someone there so this is so new. Thank you for the video
When he'd get mad/upset/hurt/whatever:
he'd give me the silent treatment.
REMINDER TO SELF:
Reasons for narcissistic silent treatment:
* Stonewalling
* Gaslighting
* Emotional immaturity
* Lack of interpersonal skill
* Victimhood
* Dysregulation
* Doing to me, what was done to him
* Terrified of conflict
* Not knowing any other way
* Fear/panic/anxiety/terror
* Desperation
* Power over
* Regaining a (false) sense of control
* Punishment
EVEN STILL, regardless of the above,
I miss him and what we had,
our friendship, our connection:
WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING.
But he never really cared about me.
He used me and discarded me.
Replaced me so easily.
Why is she better than me? Why?
What makes her so much more profoundly better than me?
Is he her best friend now?
Or maybe is there even more between them?
Why couldn't he love me like he loves her?
He's replaced me with another.
In an instant: just like that.
HE REPLACED ME.
HE SHATTERED MY HEART.
HE RAPED MY SOUL.
I'm all alone and suffering in anguish,
and they are living happily ever after together.
The PTSD and the loneliness and the grief that he's given me...
Makes it so that I can't breathe.
I drowned. I suffocate. I die inside.
I'm in hell with no escape.
NO ESCAPE.
I need him.
I loved him.
He raped my soul:
brutally viciously violently maliciously.
Every night: nightmares.
Every day: panic attacks.
I want to die.
Every morning I wake up in despair,
desperately praying to die.
I can no longer bear the pain.
I could die from the pain of missing my best friend.
He betrayed and abandoned me, discarded me like garbage.
My mind can't fathom, my heart can't comprehend.
I live in perpetual panic and terror and loneliness and longing...
I'm so alone in the world. I die of fear.
I'm so fucking traumatized and terrorized and terrified.
I'm dying inside. My soul is raped.
He's given me severe PTSD. Severe! Severe! Severe!
How and when will I ever heal?
In 2 days, it'll be exactly 5 months...
God, as I walk through this hell and heartache and grief,
I pray you guide and direct and hold me...
I won't be stuck in hell anymore. Enough is enough!!!
It's time to be free: in Jesus's name!
I’m giving my life to Jesus! 100%!
(ANOTHER REMINDER TO SELF:
When you chase a man,
you NEVER get the man,
and you ALWAYS lose yourself!)
* I will no longer be the kind of person
who trembles when life walks by her door...
I will, instead, be the woman who makes life tremble...
when I walk by ITS door! *
I love this mans videos because im trying to be a better young man, and i may not be a cowboy or working with horses but the lessons he teaches work for life and cowboys all the same.
Fear in a person, by nature, drives animals crazy!
I'm 62 and still don't have it together there. Great video.
It's honestly great to have someone to teach his wisdom, that what i was searching for a long time.
It's reassuring to hear that fear is normal, even tho i know it, it's different to hear it from someone who's coming from a longer road
So thank you.
Great logic! After 47 yrs in the saddle I have a healthy fear (after having my ass handed to me many times) that has made me a forever student of gaining knowledge. I haven't found anything that I disagree with that Dwayne has said yet and I'm super critical.
I've had a couple good wrecks that I've had to get over. The mental game took longer for me than the physical recoveries. It takes time for sure but it passes if you can push yourself to get back in the saddle. I meet a lot of newbies out on their first ride and the thing I tell em when I see the fear is to breathe. thanks big poppa, you're doing a good thing
Sage advice. Listen to it. 64 and seen it, will more. I don't make the rules, but have to live by them. Period.
Thanks Dewayne. I've always tended to be an anxious person. And in the past ten or a dozen years, my anxiety issues have gotten worse at times though better in the last few years. While I don't have nearly your horse experience, I've had the pleasure over the course of the past 43 years of working with and riding upwards of 200 of lesson horses and private horses that belonged to friends. I've spent the last 6 years volunteering with a therapeutic riding program where among the many mental health and physical health issues my clients have, among them is anxiety and fear. And for darn certain, we've all been there. We've all been scared once or twice or a whole lot more by at least one horse or more that just scared the bejeezus out of us. I got dumped by a big black Percheron-cross gelding that was otherwise a sweet animal, but it took me 6 months of constantly working with this horse on the ground and in the saddle to feel comfortable riding him again even though I was riding lots of other horses all along. Just an irrational fear because the big animal crow hopped one warm winter morning, tossed me out of the tack and threw me onto his dining room table-sized neck and I vaulted off of him because I knew he wasn't going to quit till he dumped me good. He dumped one of the instructors twice after he dumped me and she walloped him good in the round pen. Long story short, yeah, one of the biggest issues I face with novice riders is that they say they are afraid of horses because they are "so big." And yeah, I've had the wits scared out of me more than once from a horse that just whipped around and did a 180 degree turn or reared up and dropped me like a sack of potatoes onto the ground. And yeah, as I like to say, "Gravity is not our friend. It will always let us down. Usually hard." But as you note about John Wayne, "Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." And I pray, like I'm sure most horsefolks do, that so long as there's breath in my lungs, and my body is able to control itself, that I'll be riding for the rest of what I hope is a long and healthy life. -- Happy trails to you and your family and all the horsefolks reading this.
As someone who struggles with anxiety I appreciate you sharing!
@@odeswarms I’m happy to help in whatever small or large way that I can. Anxiety is an insidious beast that I would like to kill stone dead. But the best I can do on some days is to simply respect it and keep my distance from it. We all have our battles and challenges. I hope that you win all of yours or at least make peace with your enemies.
Thanks so much for your videos. I appreciate the life lessons you teach. I go back and forth with a friend of mine who is reluctant to travel with me long distances for fear that my car might break down.
I sent him this video in the hopes that it might help him understand.
In my case, I'm a traveler. I have to accept that eventually I will break down and I will have to deal with it.
Sure enough, I broke down last weekend in the middle of 495 just outside Washington DC. I handled it and had my car repaired and moved on.
You have to face your fears, even if its ever so gradually. Otherwise you run the risk of missing out on life.
I know this video is mostly about fear with horses and working in that world, but I found I very inspiring and calming. I am in the Army, about to deploy on a dicey deployment to Iraq. I have some fear, and nervousness. Mostly around letting my guys down around me, but just in general. Him saying that fearing the inevitable and just having courage to go at it anyway really spoke to me. Thank you for the video sir.
I want to say thank you for this comment. I have a strong heart for the military, as to my sons have a military background. To know that I might have been able to help encourage you in some small way makes all of this worthwhile to me. Thank you for your service, from all of us.
Prayers & thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service! Saying a prayer for you, young man! 🙏
Thank you for your commitment to our country. My son will be enlisting next year when he's a sophomore -hes in the Army ROTC program right now. I have a whole new understanding of the immense gratitude and pride we should all have-and SHOW-for the brave young men like you. God bless you! Just know you've got a stranger in Alabama praying for you and your men!
God be with you and thank you for your service. It's a very complicated world anymore, but maybe it always was. I just know I'm 40 and want to live in peace and be happy with the rest of my life.
I’m getting on my 4th bronc this weekend and my goal for the year was only to try one. Put fear aside for the short time it takes to conquer it folks.
Wise words, being afraid in lot of things stops you from enjoying life in lot of things
Just want to say that if you are ever in Caldwell Idaho again, I would love to buy you a cup of coffee. I enjoy all of your videos and thoughts.
My horse right now is learning to use youtube for making money and living the life i want. Different goals, but the advice still applied. thank you.
Man I'm so happy to have found your channel, thanks for being a man to look up to
I'm just now seeing this one. It reminded me of a trip I took to Bandera, TX. I took my nephew ages 7 and 10 with me to that dude ranch hoping they could have some fun riding horses. The older appeared too confident for his own good as he was constantly running his horse into the rear of mine. The younger of the 2 had a fear of sitting on a horse while it was standing still. He would break down crying until the horse started moving. Only then would quit the crying. My original thought was to force the younger one to face his fear by sitting still on a horse until he figured out how much safe he was while the horse was standing still. Now I don't know if that would work. As for myself, I'll admit I'm not as experienced as I'd like to be so I had to use the trail rides as an opportunity to conquer any fear I might've had.
You have cowboy wisdom really enjoy your video/cigar chats. I'm 74 spent 4 years on a nuclear submarine back during the cold war years of the 1960s..so I know what your are talking about. I still love a good cigar every now and then but I did have to give up riding horses a few years ago because I knew I was eventually going to get hurt and my ride was getting stiffer. But it will never change my love for horses cowboy coffee, campfires and a good cigar. But most all God's animals God Bless great advice!
I mean this is the spirit of humble honesty: courage is not being afraid and going anyway.anymore than humility is thinking low of yourself. It’s not thinking of yourself at all. Like a child. The older we get we tend to think more about what can go wrong, because we have more experience in this area: some more some less. God bless you all my friends and thank you for sharing your open honest perspective Mr Dwayne
The Very thing I needed to hear today.
If we fear God, we need fear nothing else.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
Good video. Thanks.
Happy to report she got a new horse “Topo Chico” a big ole palomino! She has been riding all over the ranch and her favorite saying is “I eat biscuits for breakfast and drink Topo Chico at night!” Thanks for all your help DeWayne & Momma!
❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for all your help!
Congrats on the new horse! “What are we eating for dinner tonight? MEAT! You tell that horse! “ 😂
youre not wrong at all. just having the mindset of "I can do that" goes a very very long way.
9:07 oh boy, that helps a little lot that he's saying, it seems to be harder than 20 years ago. feels good to hear an elder person implicate that we are not just a generation too sensible...
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us !! I'm facing this problem of being paralyzed by fear and it's been very hard to overcome it. I needed to hear that, thanks again !
Greetings from Brazil :)
There is a lot of wisdom from these videos.
The analogies are on point, and i try and watch your videos at least 3 times a week.
i haven/t rode horses since i was 13 years old 31 now.
If you listen to this guy, there is a whole lot more going on here, than just horses.
I like the quote my mom always told me. Practice doesnt make perfect, it makes better
I absolutely love this guy
I had a good chuckle while watching, thanks Dewayne.
That ground is getting harder every year! 😂 Thanks for this one, mandatory viewing for all my future ranchhands.
I needed this , thank you !
I've said since my teenage years practice does not make perfect it's perfect practice that makes perfect your the only other soul I've ever heard say that, cheers Mr Dewayne
Dwayne, I couldn’t be further from your lifestyle, but I do appreciate SLOWING DOWN! Thanks for your posts!
Great message - thank you.
Wise words, Thank you.
Well said, Dwayne! Thanks!
As FDR said, the only thing we have to fear, is fear, itself.
Thank you for your wisdom.
This is beautiful, Dwayne. Thanks.
Thanks so much for another insightful video.
Thanks for sharing
'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid? ' 'That is the only time a man can be brave,' his father told him.” - quote from game of thrones
I appreciate your channel, because even though I've never been on horseback, the lessons you offer apply to life in many ways. I used to be afraid of heights, so I went skydiving. I'm not afraid of heights anymore lol.
Dewayne you are such a wise old cowboy, thanks so much for sharing all your wisdom with us .Wish I could have a coffee and cigar with you .From another old cowboy on the other side of the world. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽👍👍👍👍
I never feared my horse.we were buddies. I spent time with him every day. Brushed him, cleaned his hooves.rode him almost every day. We got along very well.he never bucked, never tried to bite.horses are like kids, they like you being around.
Loving these talks❤️
Thank you Sir.
This is amazing , thank you for sharing .
There’s no hiding anything from my mare. She will feel every single thing I’m feeling on that particular day. I broke my back in two places in November of last year. I was in a brace for almost three months and didn’t realize how true to life the old saying was that one needs to get back on or else. I couldn’t do that, and the fear solidified in my mind and it took me three months of energy work and chakra cleansing to clear out those fears. I don’t care what anyone says: energy work i# a thing and it DOES WORK! I’m back on my horse because of having an open mind to trying something different.
Thank you Dwayne!
Love this channel thank you Dwayne
Nice talk and positive message. 🤜🤛
Thank you, sir, you are helping me a lot.
I love these videos. Keeps me grounded.
Thanks so much for the great timeless wisdom.
I love your videos they are so calming and helpful.
"The more we try to avoid the enevidable, the more likely the enevidable will be"
I like it, sir. Thank you for that.
LiveRightToday
Today is all we got. For years I took that to mean "ok live it up and party and don't care too much about anything" but now I see it as putting God and family first and being truly happy for the little things in life that mean everything. God bless
Thank you. Also be safe in your travels. ❤️❤️
Your videos are so helpful
Great video. Really enjoyed this.
Love all these videos especially the last one
Thank you sir,always a pleasure to hear your pearls of wisdom.
Thanks a lot 🙏
Seriously insightful stuff through the simplest of terms. Seriously appreciating your talks. They help a lot. Thanks.
Great advice, Dewayne! The harder we try to thwart off the inevitable, the harder it stings when it lands.
After multiple surgeries and living with 24/7 pain I can thoroughly agree with this. I’m only middle aged not too many years behind you. Even being limited in ways I still feel fearless most times. I don’t get to ride as often as I used to but, I have told my family that if my horse comes home from the piney woods without me and something went wrong, just know that I went out enjoying life and not lying in a bed somewhere. With that said I do tend to be safer than I used to and a little more caution is used. Yes the ground gets harder with age.
I loved this...so many people are scared of the F word. This is pure American West Wisdom of the highest grade. In gratitude.
Your videos have really been helping me lately, I don't know how or why your channel got recommended to me but I'm very glad it did.