It is normal to feel some fear once in a while when riding horses. You are astride an animal that outweighs you by a proportion of anything between 1:12 and 1:30, and that animal happens to be very strong, fast and sensitive.
Do you know that some gratitude will go a long way in destroying those fears?
To start, do not forget that more than 99 % of your fears are never realized. Given this position it is rather useless to worry and fret and lose sleep over issues that may always stay limited to your imagination. I think it was Mark Twain who said "I have been thru some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." He said it rather well.
Ditch the worrying habit. Instead , focus on the tons of things you have got to be grateful for... You can be grateful to oneself for everything positive in your life. Instead of worrying about getting bucked off, be grateful you are doing something millions of human beings aren't: spending special time with some of the most wonderful animals God ever made. Instead of fretting over whether you are making an ass of yourself at some competitive event, be grateful that you've got the physical and psychological faculties to actually take part in the event. Are you afraid of breaking a leg or an arm? Be thankful you have all 4 limbs intact and in working condition. Don't like your job? Be grateful you aren't out on the streets with a begging bowl in your hands.
Accept it or not, positive feelings like gratitude attract more things into your life that you'll have reason to feel appreciation for. Try it out: get going with a gratitude journal. Every day, note down everything you must feel grateful for. See for yourself if this list grows as time passes.
On particular devastating days, you would probably snarl "Nothing" for an answer if you're asked to name some things you are grateful for. You would come up with more decisive answers if you were asked what you could be thankful for.
Let's see now, what are we able to come up with off the bat?
- Acts of kindness from strangers
- Your family
- Your fitness
- Your favorite pony
- Having the ability to afford to eat out tonight
- Dreams and daydreams
- Toilets that actually flush
- A cleansing, calming rain
- Getting some appreciation after doing a good job
- Air conditioning
- Music
- The scent of gardenia
- A sleep
- Your pet dog
- Rainbows
- Popcorn while watching flicks
- Sun
- Electricity
- The lack of pain
- Old friendships
- Chocolate
- Household appliances
- Good books
- Hot showers
- The scents of life (flowers, your child's shampooed hair, the earth after rain)
- Eyesight
- Days off and vacations
- Laughter and laughing with others
- Rocking chairs
- A safe flight
- Breathing!
Eliminate fear with thanks. Once you learn to feel genuine gratitude, you will find that your horse's behaviour is suddenly not so scary. His jumps won't be too high or rather too long, the hurdles on the course won't be so impossible and the judges will not look quite so much like dragons in disguise.
Do you know that some gratitude will go a long way in destroying those fears?
To start, do not forget that more than 99 % of your fears are never realized. Given this position it is rather useless to worry and fret and lose sleep over issues that may always stay limited to your imagination. I think it was Mark Twain who said "I have been thru some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." He said it rather well.
Ditch the worrying habit. Instead , focus on the tons of things you have got to be grateful for... You can be grateful to oneself for everything positive in your life. Instead of worrying about getting bucked off, be grateful you are doing something millions of human beings aren't: spending special time with some of the most wonderful animals God ever made. Instead of fretting over whether you are making an ass of yourself at some competitive event, be grateful that you've got the physical and psychological faculties to actually take part in the event. Are you afraid of breaking a leg or an arm? Be thankful you have all 4 limbs intact and in working condition. Don't like your job? Be grateful you aren't out on the streets with a begging bowl in your hands.
Accept it or not, positive feelings like gratitude attract more things into your life that you'll have reason to feel appreciation for. Try it out: get going with a gratitude journal. Every day, note down everything you must feel grateful for. See for yourself if this list grows as time passes.
On particular devastating days, you would probably snarl "Nothing" for an answer if you're asked to name some things you are grateful for. You would come up with more decisive answers if you were asked what you could be thankful for.
Let's see now, what are we able to come up with off the bat?
- Acts of kindness from strangers
- Your family
- Your fitness
- Your favorite pony
- Having the ability to afford to eat out tonight
- Dreams and daydreams
- Toilets that actually flush
- A cleansing, calming rain
- Getting some appreciation after doing a good job
- Air conditioning
- Music
- The scent of gardenia
- A sleep
- Your pet dog
- Rainbows
- Popcorn while watching flicks
- Sun
- Electricity
- The lack of pain
- Old friendships
- Chocolate
- Household appliances
- Good books
- Hot showers
- The scents of life (flowers, your child's shampooed hair, the earth after rain)
- Eyesight
- Days off and vacations
- Laughter and laughing with others
- Rocking chairs
- A safe flight
- Breathing!
Eliminate fear with thanks. Once you learn to feel genuine gratitude, you will find that your horse's behaviour is suddenly not so scary. His jumps won't be too high or rather too long, the hurdles on the course won't be so impossible and the judges will not look quite so much like dragons in disguise.
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articles with other horse lovers go here
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