Riding is imperfect, because horses and humans are imperfect. Training horses is about finding and improving the horses imperfections in terms of his conformational challenges, body awareness, coordination, suppleness, and focus. Learning to ride is about finding and improving the imperfections in ones personality, character, and judgment, as well as the physical imperfections in terms of balance, body awareness, coordination, feel, athleticism, finesse, and timing. Be aware that this is a process that continues indefinitely. There is no end, no point at which there is nothing left to improve in a horse and rider. Learn to make friends with the imperfections and learn to enjoy the process of finding and working on them. Dont be judgmental about the imperfections you think you are seeing in others. Everybody is on their own path, and chances are that your own imperfections are far greater and more numerous than those of the person you are criticizing. (Thomas Ritter)
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:56:09 +0000
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