It's usual 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 muscular, fast and sensitive.
Do you realise that some gratitude will go a long way in destroying those fears?
To begin, keep in mind that more than 99 percent of your fears are never realized. Given this situation , it is rather useless to worry and fret and lose sleep over issues that will always stay limited to your imagination. I think it was Mark Twain who said "I have been through 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 to be grateful for... You can be grateful to yourself for everything positive in your life. Rather than worrying about getting bucked off, be thankful you are doing something millions of humans 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 thankful 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 grateful you have all four 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 thanks attract more things into your life that you'll have reason to feel thankful for. Try it out: get going with a gratitude journal. Every day, note down everything you need to feel grateful for. See personally if this list grows larger as time goes by.
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 grateful for.
Let's see now, what can we come up with off the bat?
- Acts of kindness from strangers
- Your family
- Your fitness
- Your favorite horse
- Having the ability to afford to eat out tonight
- Dreams and daydreams
- Toilets that actually flush
- A cleansing, soothing rain
- Getting some appreciation after doing a good job
- Air conditioning
- Music
- The smell of gardenia
- A nap
- Your pet dog
- Rainbows
- Popcorn while watching films
- Sunlight
- Electricity
- The lack of agony
- Old friendships
- Chocolate
- Household appliances
- Good books
- Hot showers
- The aromas of life (flowers, your child's shampooed hair, the earth after rain)
- Vision
- Days off and holidays
- Laughter and giggling with others
- Rocking chairs
- A safe flight
- Breathing!
Eliminate fear with appreciation. Once you learn how to feel genuine gratitude, you'll find that your horse's behavior is suddenly not so scary. His jumps won't be too high or too long, the obstructions on the course won't be so insurmountable and the judges will not look quite so much like dragons in disguise.
Do you realise that some gratitude will go a long way in destroying those fears?
To begin, keep in mind that more than 99 percent of your fears are never realized. Given this situation , it is rather useless to worry and fret and lose sleep over issues that will always stay limited to your imagination. I think it was Mark Twain who said "I have been through 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 to be grateful for... You can be grateful to yourself for everything positive in your life. Rather than worrying about getting bucked off, be thankful you are doing something millions of humans 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 thankful 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 grateful you have all four 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 thanks attract more things into your life that you'll have reason to feel thankful for. Try it out: get going with a gratitude journal. Every day, note down everything you need to feel grateful for. See personally if this list grows larger as time goes by.
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 grateful for.
Let's see now, what can we come up with off the bat?
- Acts of kindness from strangers
- Your family
- Your fitness
- Your favorite horse
- Having the ability to afford to eat out tonight
- Dreams and daydreams
- Toilets that actually flush
- A cleansing, soothing rain
- Getting some appreciation after doing a good job
- Air conditioning
- Music
- The smell of gardenia
- A nap
- Your pet dog
- Rainbows
- Popcorn while watching films
- Sunlight
- Electricity
- The lack of agony
- Old friendships
- Chocolate
- Household appliances
- Good books
- Hot showers
- The aromas of life (flowers, your child's shampooed hair, the earth after rain)
- Vision
- Days off and holidays
- Laughter and giggling with others
- Rocking chairs
- A safe flight
- Breathing!
Eliminate fear with appreciation. Once you learn how to feel genuine gratitude, you'll find that your horse's behavior is suddenly not so scary. His jumps won't be too high or too long, the obstructions on the course won't be so insurmountable and the judges will not look quite so much like dragons in disguise.
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articles with other horse lovers visit HorseHorses
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