Life lessons from Buck Brannaman – ‘Horses and life, it’s all the same to me’
By Sharon Furr
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 10:23 pm (Updated: February 8, 12:28 am)
I’ve always heard that the outside of a horse can do something wonderful to the inside of a man, and I truly believe it.
Today’s story is all about horses and ourselves as being one, or you could fill in the blank — instead of horses, it could be cows, or dogs, or you get the gist.
I’ve always been in awe of Buck Brannaman, the pure cruelty he came up in and how his life turned out, despite all odds. It’s a lesson in itself that no matter what hand of cards life deals you, you have a choice with what you can do with it. Of course, you can allow yourself to wallow in it or hide in it, that’s the easy way out, never making a difference, that’s the avenue most people take, but it’s all up to you, you have that option, you have the pulse.
GRAVENHURST – Students from six Muskoka schools travelled by foot or by bus to the Gravenhurst Opera House on Thursday to watch Buck, an inspiring movie about a man’s miraculous relationship with horses. Three hundred students ranging in age from 10 to 19 were part of the third annual Fine Films Gravenhurst student screening, where students watch a carefully selected Canadian or international film and debrief their movie experience when they return to their classrooms.
