Lucky A Horsemanship

03/17/2025

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT...

Most people follow the path that’s already been laid out for them never questioning, never thinking, just walking in line like everyone else.

Then you have the people, the ones who see things differently, they think outside the box, and aren’t afraid to break away from the crowd.

The funniest part?

The masses don’t admire them; they get annoyed at them.

Instead of realizing they may have found a better, a more efficient way, they roll their eyes and keep walking the long way around.

This is exactly how the world works...

People mock what they don’t understand, until one day, they realize those “weird” thinkers were actually right all along.

Moral of the story?

Dare to be different...
Challenge the norm...

Take the path that actually makes sense even if people don’t get it yet.

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT...

Take action...

Encourage yourself to challenge the status quo and create positive change in the world.

Have the courage to be yourself...

Have the courage to express your unique personality, interests, and opinions, even if they differ from the norm.

Have the courage to chase your dreams, set big goals and live your passion.

THIS IS YOUR LIFE...
THIS IS YOUR TIME...
OWN IT!

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📸: Jared H Searcy

03/16/2025

15 fun facts about donkeys:

1. A donkey is stronger than a horse of the same size
2. Donkeys can see all four legs at the same time
3. Donkeys can vary wildly in size, from 26 inches to 68 inches tall
4. A donkey's bray can carry up to 60 miles in the desert
5. Donkeys have an incredibly efficient digestive system, using 95% of what they eat.
6. Donkeys don't like to be in the rain for long periods of time because their fur isn't waterproof.
7. Donkeys have been used as draft animals for at least 5,000 years and they are still a lifeline for families in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. South
8. Healthy donkeys can live into their 50s
9. A blind donkey often bonds with a sighted donkey who will act as a guide.
10. Donkeys can have a calming influence on other animals
11. Donkeys are highly intelligent with a keen sense of curiosity
12. Donkeys are not stubborn but can be reluctant to do anything that could be dangerous - they think things through before deciding what to do
13. Donkeys are extremely agile and can traverse difficult terrain
14. Donkeys are very social and form strong bonds - you will often see pairs of best friends within a herd
15. Donkeys are different from horses in their physiology, communication, thinking and behavior - they do their best with other donkeys as companions.

03/16/2025

WATCH HOW YOU MOVE...

Someone out there is inspired by you.

They're watching how you move...

They're watching how you push through the hard days, the challenges, the setbacks, the mistakes...

They're watching how you show up when others would quit...

And because of that, BECAUSE OF YOU,
they believe they can be better too.

Discipline isn't just personal, IT'S CONTAGIOUS!

You're leading by example...

Whether you realize it or not.

So keep going... KEEP SHOWING UP!

By doing that you are not only becoming great at what you do and building a stronger, resilient you...

You are inspiring others around you how to be courageous and what happens when you never quit.

KEEP GOING...

Not just for you...

Not just for the ones cheering for you...

Do it for the ones silently finding hope in your grind.

You've become someone's inspiration...

Don't let them down...
but most importantly...
DON'T LET YOURSELF DOWN!

You get one one shot at this life...

You can't change anything you did in the past, but you sure as hell can fix your future by owning today...

Own up to yourself...
OWN YOUR OWN LIFE!

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03/15/2025

WE DO NOT HAVE TO JUSTIFY OURSELVES TO ANYONE ON THIS EARTH!

Don't you dare let anyone's judgement of you or what you are doing stop you from being true to yourself. Don't let anything or anyone hold you back! If you are giving it your all and trying your best, then you are doing all that matters!

You only have one chance at this life! Each day that goes by is a day we will never get back. Each day that goes by is a day putting us closer to our death here on earth. MAKE THE MOST OF EACH DAY!

People may judge me from my past, but geuss what? I'm no longer that guy!!! I am not the person I was 10 years ago... 5 years ago...1 year ago... 1 day ago.

I am on a journey where I am working my butt off to grow mentally, physically, and spiritually everyday. So I am going to be a new person each day. I am not who I once was. I'm trying my best to keep the good and get rid of the bad.

GOD IS OUR JUDGE.

God is the only judge I care about. I know I am not perfect, and I have a lot of work to do.

I get up at 4:00am every morning, no matter what time I go to bed the night before. I'm feeding horses, jogging, exercising, eating breakfast and on a horse before daylight most of the time.

I know a lot of people have their opinions on how I am living, on my way of doing things, and judge me from how it looks from their own perspective. I understand it is instinctively natural to want to judge. That is all on them...NOT ME!

I'm dang sure trying my best to be the best I can be for the people I love and care about, the horses I am in contact with, and my clients. That is all that matters to me.

I AM MY OWN WORST CRITIC.

I am my biggest critic. There is no one on this earth that judges or criticises me more than what I do of myself. I'm an overachiever. I'm an overthinker, and I'm stubborn as hell! This combination causes me to get overwhelmed at times. It is also why I feel like I am not making the most of each day, getting enough done, not working hard enough, not trying hard enough, and also it makes me feel like I am failing a lot.

I DON'T QUIT!

I do get overwhelmed and I get stressed a lot but I DON'T QUIT! I love the pressure. I understand that pressure is a privilege. We do not grow without pressure. We do not get great results from avoiding pressure, anxiety, stress, challenges, failures, or the hard work.

I want to live my life to the fullest and I know that means I will have to deal with a lot of added pressures, failures, challenges, and judgements.
I'm OK with that!

I want my two daughters to be inspired by my life and how I live! I want them to see that people can drop bad habits, get healthy, set big goals, chase their dreams, all while working hard making a living from doing what they are passionate about. At the end of the day that is all that matters to me!

THIS IS MY LIFE...
THIS IS YOUR LIFE...
OWN YOUR OWN LIFE!!!!!

Day 74 of 365

📸: Jared H Searcy

03/14/2025

‼️PLEASE SHARE AND HELP IF YOU CAN‼️

Zay is an awesome stud horse! I was very honored to have met him and work with him for a few weeks. We gained a lot of trust in each other and he proved even a 30 year old feral horse can still learn!

🌟 Zay Update! 🌟

We're so grateful to share that Zay is back at Wandering Hearts Rescue after spending 6 weeks with Jeremy Anglin in Marshall. For the first time in decades, Zay experienced a multi-horse environment, which was a significant challenge for him.

With Jeremy's incredible patience, Zay slowly learned to trust, setting a foundation for leading, grooming, and even having his feet handled.

However, after returning to WRH, Zay has struggled to settle in. He’s been pacing, calling out, and showing signs of stress. Our dedicated team, along with the veterinarians at Hunt Country Equine, is working hard to keep him comfortable with medication and special care, including multiple mash meals a day.

Zay is safe with us right now, but we need your support to help him continue living peacefully. For just $5 a month, or by skipping one coffee or drink, you can make a big difference in Zay's life. We need to raise $500/month to ensure he can stay with us, as rehoming isn’t an option due to his past.

Let’s give Zay the peaceful life he deserves! 💙🐴

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZSW47PE5HWZ4C

03/14/2025

HOW TO BUILD DISCIPLINE...

1. ELIMINATE COMFORT ZONES - Force yourself into challenging situations to grow. Avoid excuses or environments that enable laziness.

2. CUT OFF DISTRACTIONS COMPLETELY - Disconnect from what is unnecessary for you, avoid non-productive activities—even if it feels extreme.

3. CREATE UNBREAKABLE RULES - Set strict boundaries for yourself and follow them without compromise, no matter how uncomfortable it gets.

4. WAKE UP EARLY EVERY DAY - Set an early alarm and get up immediately, even if you’re tired. Use the extra time for productive tasks.

5. PUNISH LAZINESS - Impose consequences for failing to stick to your goals.

NEVER GIVE UP ... JUST KEEP TRYING!

6. SAY NO RELENTLESSLY - Deny any request or activity that doesn’t align with your priorities, even if it offends or disappoints others.

7. WORK THROUGH DISCOMFORT - Push yourself to complete tasks, even when you’re tired, unmotivated, or facing setbacks.

8. LIMIT SOCIALIZING WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE - Reduce interactions with people who don’t support your goals, even if it means distancing yourself from friends or family.

9. TRACK AND CONFRONT FAILURES - keep a record of every missed deadline or failure and review it regularly to remind yourself of the consequences of slacking.

10. AVOID OVERINDULGENCE - deny yourself unnecessary pleasures, such as excessive food, entertainment, or luxury, to maintain focus and discipline.

Keep Trying....

Discipline often requires tough love—embrace the struggle to reap the rewards.

If we refuse discipline today...

We will repeat the same mistakes tomorrow.

LIFE IS SHORT...
LIVE!

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03/13/2025

REAL GROWTH STARTS WHEN YOU ARE TIRED OF YOUR OWN EXCUSES!

Every day that you wake up I have one goal...
That goal is to get better!

We all want to be a better us.

I believe almost every human alive wants to do achieve greater things in life... either it be with themselves personally, for their kids, with their jobs, their hobbies, or for their passion.

We know better than anyone else about what we need to do.

We MUST build trust in ourselves in order to be able to believe in ourselves.

Start with keeping small promises to yourself each day and making time for your goals. Build from there, and before long, you will be accomplishing things you never thought you could and living a life devoted to you, your goals, and your passion!

YOU CAN DO IT!

Respect yourself...

Set high standards on your life...

Set healthy boundaries and stand by them.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF...
OWN YOUR OWN DECISIONS...
OWN YOUR OWN LIFE!

📸: Jared H Searcy


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03/12/2025

IF OPPORTUNITY DOESN'T KNOCK...
BUILD A DOOR.

Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Teachers will open the doors for you, but you must enter them by your own choice.

Everything I have now is due to the past me taking advantage of opportunities in front of me, taking chances and risks, along with a lot of hard work and devotion toward my passion. My passion being the love of the Horse!

I by no means was perfect in any of it or made the best decisions along the way, but I stayed stubborn and never gave up! Tomorrow is never promised and the future is unknown, but I do vow to try my best to always take advantage of the opportunities that God presents to me and make the most of them!

I am forever thankful for all the blessings God has given me throughout my life. I am very thankful for my two amazing daughters who I am trying my best to set a great example for, my mother, a partner who shares the same passion as I do, who supports me and inspires me to be the best I can be, good friends, great taining clients, awesome training horses, my health, my physical abilities, horses, the opportunities, the challenges, the failures, my freedom, where I live, and each day that I get to wake up to that God allows me to follow my passion!

When you pray for a hole God will give you the shovel to dig the hole. He WILL NOT dig the hole for you. You gotta do the work. You gotta take advantage of the opportunity.

Don't wait for the time to be right. Make the time right! If you keep waiting for the time to be right it may never happen!

TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE.
OWN YOUR OWN DECISIONS.
OWN YOUR OWN LIFE!

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03/11/2025

CHINESE PROVERBS TO PONDER ON:

1. "If you hate someone, you are defeated by them."

2. "You get what you fight for, not what you wish for."

3. "You were born to stand where other fall."

4. "He who returns from a journey is never the same as he who left for the journey."

WHAT TO TAKE FROM THESE POINTS:

1. Never feel hate for another human.

If you have a problem with someone, go directly to that person respectfully and privately and discuss the issue/s you have with them.

It's OK to disagree with someone else and their ways but there is no reason to hate them.

If you feel threatened, jealous of someone else, or if you feel like causing some type of harm toward someone else that is a YOU problem. You need to work on yourself.

2. Work hard for what you want, because it won't come without a fight.

Anything worth having in life is not easy to acquire. There are no shortcuts to wealth, great results, or long-term health. Anything worth having will cost you time, money, effort, and patience.

Quit wasting your time on quick-fixes, bad habits, and toxic environments.

Trust the process...
Stay committed...
NEVER QUIT!

3. Why try to fit in when you were born to stand out?

We were all born with our own unique purpose in life. We should be chasing after that purpose instead of chasing after the popularity vote in herds of people who really don't care if we win or lose at anything we do in our lives.

"Those who stand for nothing, fall for anything."
~Alexander Hamilton~

Stand for what is right, even if you have to stand alone!

The world will remember the one who stood up for what was right... The world will never remember the ones who turned their back or closed their eyes.

4. Transformations come through experiences.

The journey itself, with its own unique obstacles, challenges, and experiences, shapes a person's perspective and character.

You will never be the same person you were once you return from any type of journey you make in life.

This Chinese proverb can be applied to any kind of journey, whether a physical trip, a life experience, or a period of personal exploration.

Don't be so focused on the end result that you miss out on the most important part...The journey itself!
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These Facebook posts I have shared with each of y'all are just a small part of my journey to a better me, a better father, a better partner, and a better friend. I hope the time I spent studying, reflecting, and writing will help you as much as it has helped me.

The journey of 1,000 miles starts with 1 step.

This is just another step in my journey.

📸: Jared H Searcy


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03/10/2025

MOST PEOPLE DIE AT 25 AND NEVER GET BURIED UNTIL THEY ARE 90

What does it mean that most people die at 25 and never get buried until they are 90?

Unfortunately a lot of people by the time they turn 25 stop living a fulfilled life. We get caught up in a job we don't like. A relationship that compromises who we truly are. We get caught up in unneeded and unhealthy lifestyles, and habits that we let consume us. It holds us down, and we stop living life... We start simply accepting life.

Most people live a life going with the flow.
They have no imagination. No drive for adventure.
No goals. No ambition to be great at something.
They are living life without any cravings for learning or any sort of growth. The sadest part is they have no real passion for anything!

IT IS SO EASY FOR US TO GET CAUGHT UP IN FOLLOWING THE ROAD MOST TRAVELED..

We as humans naturally follow the path of least resistance, and when we follow the path of least resistance we end up just following the flow. This makes it so easy to get caught up in a life where we have no big goals, growth, or passion.

We have all been guilty of taking the path of least resistance. The paths that hold us back from living a fulfilled life.

I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE A LIFE GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.

I for one want to live a life full of personal growth. A life full of following my passion. A life my kids and others can be inspired by. A life I can look back on and be proud of!

I know it won't be easy. I know I will face a lot more obstacles and challenges along the way. I know it will require going against the flow and following the path least traveled. I know I will face backlash along the way. I know it will take a lot more commitment, discipline, and true desire to travel the road less traveled.

Most of us need income from jobs to survive and follow our passion and chase our dreams. Make sure you are doing what you enjoy, and what you love. That's the greatest thing about America. We can be anything we want to be. The opportunities are limitless! It doesn't come without working your ass off, though.

It's never too late to start fresh. The decision is yours.

Do the easy now to have the hard later... OR
Do the hard now for the easy later.

Life is so short and precious as it is! Don't get caught up in the flow. Live your life to the fullest.

PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE!

Be adventurous. Be curious. Be passionate about something. Don't worry about what others will say or think...
JUST DO YOU...
JUST BE YOU!

OWN YOUR OWN DECISIONS.
OWN YOUR OWN LIFE!

Day 69 of 365

03/09/2025

WE HAVE A CHOICE...
WE EITHER GET BITTER OR BETTER

Most people don’t realize it, but anger is rarely just anger. It’s a way to keep the truth buried beneath the surface.

Because the truth... The truth HURTS!

Its like a slap in the face on a cold day.

It hurts when you realize you aren't who you wanted to be.

It hurts to feel like time has slipped through your fingers.

It hurts to wake up and know deep down that you’ve been living small.

It hurts when you realize your just one of the herd
following aimlessly along.

That kind of pain can grow and it can be unbearable. So yeah, we get angry. We get bitter.
We lash out. We blame others. We convince ourselves that the world is unfair, that life is the problem.

We wear the pi**ed off victim mentality that we are so often labelled with, and for good reason.

You want to know the truth...
The REAL truth...
No bu****it?

Our anger isn’t about them.
Our bitterness isn't about anybody else.
Our frustration isn’t about the world.
If we are being truthful... It’s about us.

It’s about the life we know we were meant to live but haven’t.

It’s about the dreams we buried because fear told us to wait.

It’s about the grief of looking at ourself and knowing we were meant for more.

I KNOW... I GET IT... I HAVE BEEN THERE!

I’ve felt it in myself... The anger, the anxiety, the resentment, the feeling of being trapped inside a life that wasn’t mine; it's like I was looking at life from a fishbowl.

But when I finally sat down with myself...
When I finally looked inside myself...
I realised It wasn’t anger. It was sadness. It was grief.

Grief for the years lost I pi**ed away being half-assed.

Grief for the years I could've been more for myself, for my two daughters, for everyone else around me.

Grief for the version of me that I forsaken to try to fit into a world that never saw me, as me.

But here’s the best part.... IT'S NOT TOO LATE!

You can still change everything...
You can still take back your life...

If you woke up today YOU have the opportunity to own your life... YOU can change whatever you want to in your life that will help you be free from the anger, the bitterness, and the anxiety.

Because if you don't take care of yourself you will bleed on the people that didn't cut you.

You have to stop running.
The only way out is through.

We either get bitter... Or we get better.

So sit with yourself...

Ask yourself the hard questions...

IT'S ON US TO BE WHO WE WANT TO BE..

IT'S ON US TO BE WHO WE NEED TO BE!

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📸: Jared H Searcy

03/08/2025

Nelly and Pickles soaking up the view!

03/08/2025

Look who made it back for another grade of schooling... CHARLIE!!!!

03/08/2025

DON'T EVER APOLOGIZE FOR BEING YOU.
BE 100% REAL & AUTHENTIC AT ALL TIMES!

"Never apologize to others for their misunderstanding or misinterpretation
of who you are. You deserve to be your
authentic self unapologetically."
~Unknown~

STOP APOLOGIZING!

You don't have to say sorry for how you laugh, how you talk, how you move, how devoted you are, how real you are, how caring you are, how passionate you are. You don't have to be sorry for being you!

DO IT PROUDLY. DO IT FEARLESSLY.
DO IT WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH!

You don't have to apologize for being you.
You don't have to trip over things that are behind you. You don't have to give your time to people who won't show up for you. You don't have to share your best with people who are not right for you.

You can focus on what's ahead and let the past be what it is. You can look up and enjoy growing into who you really are. You can trust yourself. You can learn, change, and adapt. You can embrace what's next for you, and trust the right ones to be there for the journey.

JUST BE YOU. GIVE IT YOUR ALL AND NEVER LOOK BACK!

"I like people who have a sense of individuality.
I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect because that's natural, and that's real."
~Marc Jacobs~

DON'T APOLOGIZE...

JUST BE 100% YOU AND LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY!

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03/08/2025

We need to work more on the signal before the signal and less on trying to find that magic bit that you think works the best for your horse.

There is no bit that can replace the feel, timing, and results you will get from investing in yourself, and putting in the time on fundamental training with your horse!"

Photo credit: Jared H Searcy

03/07/2025