Blessings
29/09/12 22:21
Today I am writing about blessings. Each one of us has been given a special gift that is a blessing in our lives, as well as other people's lives. Sometimes this gift is a quality of our personality such as patience, kindness, focus, organizational skills, balance, coordination, intelligence, perception, etc.You get the point. Other times its what helps us be good at our jobs, such as musicians, writers, scientist, engineers, doctors, athletes, etc. These gifts help us become better people which in itself is a great blessing but when we use them to help others our gifts become a blessing to other people. These gifts can be blessing to our horses and our riding as well if we recognize what we can give and what a horse needs. Our horses have personalities too. Some are shy, some are precocious, some are sassy and some are just plane sweet. Some need a lot of confidence and some need just a little guidance to bring out their talent. Some horses are perfectionist, and some horses are just happy doing anything you ask them to do. Knowing what a horse needs is essential to riding well. Knowing what our own strengths and weaknesses are help us meet that need and communicate to the horse we can help them. Great communication leads to good training and great rides. What could be more of a blessing than that?
Writers Block
10/09/12 21:15
OK, I have had writers block. I was so excited to have a blog on our website, and then my brain froze up like a diesel engine with regular gas(yeah I did that once, NOT GOOD!) And that got me thinking about things that get stuck, my tractor in the manure pile, my spreader when a link breaks in the chain, my back after shoveling out all the manure in the broken spreader, etc. if you work on a farm, you know how this goes, there is an endless amount of things that can get stuck around the farm, including our mindset and bodies when it comes to riding horses. We don't always realize which part is stuck, our mind or our bodies, but one thing is for sure, our horses notice right away! They try to tell us "SOMETHING" is wrong, but most of the time our reaction is to tell them THEY are wrong before we even think about what we as riders could be doing wrong. Sometimes we get "stuck" trying to master what we have just learned, and really don't realize that our horses are trying to tell us something very important, and that is mostly that we are trying too hard, and sometimes that makes it WAY TOO HARD for our horses. So the next time you're in the saddle, listen quietly to your horses and try to feel where you are stuck. Whether it is in your brain, or in your body our horses are amazingly sensitive and willing to help you figure it out!
Now I need to get out of this chair, or my back will be as frozen as the arctic in winter!!
Now I need to get out of this chair, or my back will be as frozen as the arctic in winter!!