Life Lesson #50 To Doug, who truly got “IT” today!!

Posted March 4th, 2010 by Nealia

I would like to thank the ladies that wrote me to recommend checking my thyroid as it could be over-active.  That is a scary thought because Deborah wrote that she LOST weight and got very hot and she had hyper-thyroid.  Since I am gaining weight (because of my elbow), if I was hyper, that would mean when they slowed my thyroid down, I would gain even MORE weight.  You cannot hear me, but I am screaming!!!!!  As to the elbow thing, the reason that is causing me to gain weight is because it bends allowing me to put more food in my mouth.  Thank you for your help, and I will be going to the doctor as soon as I am made to.  I know everything that is wrong with me is because of being overweight, and I have a mirror, so I know I am overweight.

I have to write about Doug and his breakthrough in riding.  This weekend Doug just got with Magic (the horse) and the canter that resulted was perfectly collected and looked as if Doug was doing nothing and the best part was, Doug KNEW he had it figured out.  Today Doug was riding Johnny (one of our lesson horses) and again he GOT IT at the canter.  If you watch some of  our riders, Johnny looks like his canter is rough and it looks as if he will not stay right up on the rail.  I have always said that when the rider does their job correctly, Johnny’s canter is as smooth as they come.  It is not easy to teach this technique as it takes a feel and THAT is hard to teach.  It is very hard to tell people what something feels like.  Try telling someone what soft is.  I can tell someone the movement you need to do, or the fact that when you do it right it is so easy.  It is really up to the person to get into a REAL learning frame of mind and take responsibility for YOUR actions and understand that the rider has a LOT to do with how the horse is behaving or moving.  Once you take the responsibility as your own, it is then and only then that you can become a GREAT rider.  Very few riders get there because they want to blame most of the problems on the horse.  Anyway, Doug was GREAT today.  Way to go!!  That type of moment makes my day.

Why is it that people who do not like me or have any respect for me, people who do not take the time to really know me, take the time to read MY blog and complain about what I write?  To those people I say “Here’s your SIGN!”  I also would like to offer up to anyone who thinks I am writing about you and I do not use your name, here is the deal.  The following is a disclaimer…. The words you have read in the past and are about to read may be or may not be loosely based on some kind of facts and are not intended for anyone to know who or what I am writing about.  Here is an idea;  for those of you who think I wrote about you in a negative way and are upset….. Why don’t YOU understand that what I am REALLY saying is I am frustrated and ALL I really want is for EVERYONE to just get along and work together to make things around here better.  Remember what the MOTTO is for our Country…”United we stand, DIVIDED we fall!”  If you cannot get that, then I say “Here’s your sign.”

TV tonight was again good, Idol,  The Mentalist and Project Runway.  As far as IDOL, yeah, I say the Kewpie is gone!  I wonder if Simon will meet him in Church?

I wish ALL my riders could get “IT” faster.

I wish I loved vegetables and fish.  You cannot hear me but I am screaming AND making a face.

I am THANKFUL Mark has a cool head and has me edit my REAL thoughts on this blog.