{"id":102668,"date":"2017-11-23T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T00:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/james-humility-a-life-lesson\/"},"modified":"2017-11-23T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T00:04:06","slug":"james-humility-a-life-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/james-humility-a-life-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"James: Humility – a life lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom James<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How close are we to Friday and the weekend?<\/p>\n

One of the greatest things about doing what I do now is that I don\u2019t have to keep up with the calendar. The down side is that I seldom have any idea of what day of the week it is.<\/p>\n

In my younger days, I could just get up and go in the morning. These days, not so much. Gotta have a little wake up time with coffee. Feed the dog and horses, brush my teeth, comb my hair.<\/p>\n

The last thing I do is take my meds. Aspirin used to be enough; not anymore. There\u2019s one of the \u201cdon\u2019t kill me\u201d pills, one of the \u201cdon\u2019t kill you\u201d pills and a big handful of the \u201cdon\u2019t flop on the floor like a fish out of waters.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how I got here other than just bein\u2019 hard to kill.<\/p>\n

Thank goodness someone invented the seven-day pill dispenser with S-M-T-W-T-F-S on the compartment lids. At least now I get some kind of an idea what day of the week it is.<\/p>\n

Now that I know about what day it is, it\u2019s been great. Horses are all making progress, clients are happy, weather has been perfect and there was a semi-flirtatious conversation with the waitress at the cafe. \u201cNirvana\u201d life is good.<\/p>\n

When I get home, I see that my zipper is down or I\u2019m dragging a footlong piece of toilet paper off a boot heel or I have one of those \u201c flapper\u201d boogers stuck in my nose that comes out every time I breathe. Humility \u2013 one of life\u2019s more entertaining lessons.<\/p>\n

The horses are gonna be here 60 days, so I\u2019m bound to see the clients again. It\u2019s 20 miles to the next town that has a cafe. Nothing left to do but just suck it up and face them all again.<\/p>\n

Like I tell me, \u201cdon\u2019t get greedy.\u201d And be sure to check your zipper, heel and nose \u2026<\/p>\n

Tom James was riding horses before he could walk. He currently hangs his hat in Ignacio. Reach him at outlivedthemallsofar@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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