{"id":2470,"date":"2024-05-11T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T10:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doughowe.com\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:53:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T10:53:29","slug":"tale-of-two-horseys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doughowe.com\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Tale of Two Horseys"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2470\" class=\"elementor elementor-2470\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f70fc33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f70fc33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f3f8a4\" data-id=\"3f3f8a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83ba509 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83ba509\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Good afternoon leaders, clients, donors,<\/span><\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">friends,<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>This weekend I saw the thrill of victory and\u2026the thrill of victory!<br \/><br \/>I had an abiding personal interest in two stories witnessed by \u201clarge\u201d audiences who saw amazing drama unfold. One \u201clarge\u201d audience included 157,000 people live and 16.7 million on TV. The other had about 50,000 live and thousands more online. They were big stories, with relevance for leaders. Here they are briefly. <br \/><br \/>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insigniacoaching.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ccb231df04429c5e3f24e17ed&amp;id=75bc1f6657&amp;e=7d81ccc465\"><span style=\"color: #0f8490; text-decoration: underline;\">Kentucky Derby<\/span><\/a><\/span> had its closest three-horse photo finish since 1947, as Mystic Dan, not the odds-on-favorite, won in a minor upset. It was fun for us as our friends own and breed Mystic Dan\u2019s grandsire, a champion himself, <a href=\"https:\/\/insigniacoaching.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ccb231df04429c5e3f24e17ed&amp;id=9d8a653319&amp;e=7d81ccc465\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0f8490; text-decoration: underline;\">Into Mischief<\/span><\/span><\/a>. So grandpops is happy and proud.<br \/><br \/>The other event featured Todd Pierce, a <a href=\"https:\/\/insigniacoaching.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ccb231df04429c5e3f24e17ed&amp;id=1c87bb019c&amp;e=7d81ccc465\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0f8490; text-decoration: underline;\">former wild man<\/span><\/span><\/a> rodeo cowboy who went through a relatively dramatic life transformation, and now runs Riding High Ministries from Idaho. Imagine showing up at church and seeing a mini-corral built on the stage, complete with rails, dirt, and a horse who\u2019s never been trained, never had a saddle on him, never trusted a human being. All the horse had done is follow the guy with the food.<br \/><br \/>Todd proceeded to woo, win, and train the horse while giving a message that explained his strategy and the relationship he was building with the horse, and comparing it to how God (if you\u2019re not a person of faith, brace yourself here!) woos us and wins us. And, if we\u2019re willing, He trains us. A couple of the best quotes:<\/p><ul><li>\u201cI want him to know that he\u2019s safe, but there\u2019s no way I can convince him of that until he trusts me a bit.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cWhat he doesn\u2019t know is that I know something that he doesn\u2019t know. He\u2019s been selected, by his ranch owner, not because he decided to, to have an opportunity to learn something about himself he doesn\u2019t know is true, to discover a higher purpose for his existence.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cNo other animal benefits man and the animal more than a horse. He carries me to where I can\u2019t go and makes me stronger. And, he can\u2019t achieve his highest purpose until he and I become one.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cGreater love has no one than this, than to lay down one\u2019s life for his friends (John 15:13).\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThere are a lot of what I call \u2018Christian Atheists.\u2019 Ask \u2018em on a Sunday if they believe, they\u2019ll say \u2018yes,\u2019 but do our lives, our decisions, our direction reflect it? \u2026The Bible says \u2018even the demons believe.\u2019\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cDo you wanna be fully alive, or settle and keep going in the direction you\u2019re going?\u201d<\/li><\/ul><p>That\u2019s the tale of two horseys. If you\u2019d like, you can see the race <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0f8490; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0f8490; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/insigniacoaching.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ccb231df04429c5e3f24e17ed&amp;id=7b2476bc4e&amp;e=7d81ccc465\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Todd&#8217;s story <a href=\"https:\/\/insigniacoaching.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ccb231df04429c5e3f24e17ed&amp;id=13d6335571&amp;e=7d81ccc465\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0f8490; text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/a>, or Todd and a horse at church <a href=\"https:\/\/insigniacoaching.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ccb231df04429c5e3f24e17ed&amp;id=0d81becadc&amp;e=7d81ccc465\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0f8490; text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/span><\/a>. Thanks for listening again on this Monday, and thanks for your support of our Foundation. And we have two spots left for fly-fishing in Montana this summer. Make it a great week, -D<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a811a28\" data-id=\"a811a28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10eff3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10eff3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2465\" src=\"http:\/\/doughowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/man-with-fish-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"man with fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doughowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/man-with-fish-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/doughowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/man-with-fish.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>TWO SPOTS left for MONTANA FLY-FISHING trips. Reach out to <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">robdaly35@gmail.com<\/span><strong> for June 25-30, or <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">bigmikemac@sbcglobal.net <\/span><strong>for July 23-28.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>NEXT CINCY\/NKY Thoughts on the Rocks is May 15.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>NEXT BURBANK Thoughts on the Rocks is May 23.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Thoughts on the Rocks: <\/strong><br \/><strong>Indy<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">jamntotty@sbcglobal.net<\/span> <br \/><strong>Seattle<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">mike@lifekirkland.org<\/span><br \/><strong>S Clarita<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">tg2x@sbcglobal.net<\/span><br \/><strong>Cincy<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">doug@doughowe.com<\/span><br \/><strong>SoCal<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">doug@doughowe.com<\/span><br \/><strong>Chatt<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">john@goldenslope.com<\/span><br \/><strong>Roanoke<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">billgraves308@gmail.com<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Divorce &amp; Beyond:<\/strong> <br \/><span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">williamfkoontz@gmail.com<\/span><br \/><strong>Zoom Round Tables<\/strong>: <br \/><span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">doug@doughowe.com<\/span><br \/><strong>Individual Coaching<\/strong>:<br \/>*Whole Life<br \/>*Crisis Response<br \/>*Complimentary<br \/>*Young Guns, too!<br \/><span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">doug@doughowe.com<\/span><\/p><p><strong>To Support Our Foundation<\/strong>:<br \/>Credit card <a href=\"https:\/\/insigniacoaching.com\/donate\/\"><span style=\"color: #0f8490;\">here<\/span><\/a><br \/>Checks:<br \/>Insignia Foundation<br \/>c\/o Bob Lynch, Treasurer<br \/>P.O. Box 309<br \/>Loveland, Ohio 45140<\/p><p><strong>Donor Questions<\/strong>:<br \/>Bob Lynch, Treasurer<\/p><p><a href=\"doug@doughowe.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Most Questions<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a>:<br \/>Doug, 513.207.2936<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good afternoon leaders, clients, donors, and friends, This weekend I saw the thrill of victory and\u2026the thrill of victory! I had an abiding personal interest in two stories witnessed by \u201clarge\u201d audiences who saw amazing drama unfold. One \u201clarge\u201d audience included 157,000 people live and 16.7 million on TV. 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