Dear Farmer and the Farm-boy Trio love to talk "manly". You know, "man"-things? The Wife doesn't know all the specifics of "manly" conversations, but there's a lot of grunting and elbow jabbing. Usually someone has to spit...very "manly".
Dear Farmer has a friend, Don-Cowboy, who is very manly. He was an active US Army Ranger, no longer active duty, but always a Ranger. He and Dear Farmer have "manly" conversations. There is no place for the "faint-of-heart" in their farm-talk. We have had Don-Cowboy and other Cowboys here to help us move cattle, but this time it was just Don-Cowboy who was helping us cut the bulls from the steers for breeding season. Don-Cowboy is very sure of himself as he rides his horse around these thousand-plus pound bulls, and smaller steers. The steers run around, and are skittish. The bulls just walk. Don-Cowboy's not messing around, he's on a mission, he's focused. The Farm-boy Trio all looks up at Don-Cowboy as a man they respect.
Dear Farmer put it very well to them, "Boys", he said, "This isn't a big deal for Don-Cowboy, 'cause he's just "bull" telling those bulls what they're all gonna go do. Because Don-Cowboy doesn't yell and scream at them, they have no problem following him. He isn't afraid of them, he respects them and the danger in this job. Don-Cowboy's showing them this job is going to be done his way. Your actions speak louder than your words."
The Wife concludes: in the end of all "manly" conversations, that must be what separates the bulls from the steers...when your actions line up with the words you would speak. Your actions will be heard louder than your words.
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