One for the introverts -

It is through experience that people change and NOT through theory.

... and remember Introvert/extrovert/RB/LB are just behaviours. You (and your horse) are Not your behaviours.

BJ

"The body posture is a physical reflection of a state of being - mentally, emotionally & physically. Who cares about the shape of an uninspired horse? If you want to talk to body parts, you better start with the heart."

Karen Rohlf.

This applies to humans too!

A Chinese Proverb - "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."

as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recounts,

"Every well-intentioned, high-judgment person we asked told us not to do it."

We should all remember that it's not the destination that counts in life, but the JOURNEY. That journey with the people we love is all that really matters.

As ever I count horses as people, too.

Inaction breads doubt & fear. Action breeds confidence & courage. If u want to conquer fear, don't sit home & think about it. Go out & get busy!

(source uncertain, but borrowed from Bobbie-May Booty)

If you treat an individual ... as if he were what he ought to be, and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I think that "individual" includes horses.

Lou Holtz

Having had an unusually quite lunch break, I've been reading some of the many forums for those of us wanting to keep it natural and I came across a couple of interlinking items.

The first is on Jerry S. Williams' blog  and is called Raise Your Expectations (link here).

I would suggest everyone should read it. It certainly applies to everyone I know at sometime and most certain applies to me!

A very quick blog 'cos if I don't do it now I won't get around to it.

I have just given Harley a month off because we'd done an awful lot since xmas and it was about time he had a break. I don't want to overcook him, so I stopped whilst it was all going well. I rode him tonight for the first time in a month and quite enjoyed it.