11/2/11

Milestones and the future =]

Cheyenne, being an RBE, is challenging me to play with horses differently than I ever had before. She is very unconfident once we leave the pasture, and it is just one threshhold after another. There is a trailhead about 1/4 mile down the road from my house, and since we've had so much trouble, I told myself I would know she trusted me as a leader when we went on our first solo trail ride :) I never dreamed it would happen so quickly!! Especially since I've only been able to play with her about once a week between school and work. Yesterday, after passing "horse-eating goats" and me finally putting my direct-line thinking aside and implementing approach and retreat, we reached the goal =) Patience, and mentally picturing us past each threshhold and riding confidently and eagerly, all my wishes came true:)

I am revamping my plans for the future. I should be done with my pre-reqs next year, and it will probably take 1-2 years for me to get into the nursing program here at CBC with so many applicants in the area. So, once pre-reqs are out of the way, I'm going down to Colorado and participating in a FastTrack course to get my 1* rating as a Junior Parelli instructor. However I have high hopes for myself and my horses, and I think I can acheive a 2* rating since of course, Chey and I will be fabulous ;). This will endorse me to start teaching, and earn money while I go through school and continue persuing and enriching my horsemanship goals. Steve Job's commencement speech has really inspired me to live my life MY way, and I'm going for it. I read a quote that said "True happiness is achieved when we stop trying to be perfect, and start being ourselves". Well, here's to shooting for the stars and taking what comes with an open mind and a hard working attitude!

Cheers!