We live crazy, fast paced and sometimes blurry lives. The past 15 months of silence has been down to just that. Today I sit on the train contemplating the day, what lies ahead and how I will do better than last time. Life's for me, about moving forward, learning more and challenging myself to be more than I was yesterday. It's exhausting.
Why tell you this? Because I want all of the above for Russia; to achieve, move forward and be everything I know he has the potential to be. But if I take the approach I take on my own successes to his development I assure you, our love affair will end badly. Maybe I should apply that thinking to my own life.
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| 2015 - Just broken |
He is now broken; in fact it's the quickest I've ever seen a horse ride away. Within 12 months he's gone from non to elementary, from the ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. Not without some stumbling blocks along the way...I look forward to telling you all about overcoming these. He dealt with losing Spice and although he isn't past it (story for another day) he has become incredibly independent. She instilled his confidence in life. I thank her for that.
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| 2017 - Starting to look like a grown up |
Most importantly throughout this breaking process he still sees me as equal; when we walk together he's always by my side (again a little bit of Spice's influence I'm sure) and whatever I ask of him, no matter how scary he will put one foot forward in front of the other.
Of course we push him, he's talented and why shouldn't he achieve everything he's capable - but never to the detriment of himself or our relationship.
So a life passes by; crazy, busy, and blurry, we should take the learnings of our horses to understand success is a great place to be, but our need to succeed shouldn't be of detriment of the things we have to treasure. Because after all, when things don't go to plan it's those treasures that get us through.
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