Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

I’m thinking this will be some slow going as I fully embrace getting back into the horse world. If I’m being completely honest, it’s been six years since I was a fully participating member of that world, and turning away from the fence and running in the opposite direction can sound so much more appealing than finishing a complicated jump line. Or, as is now the case, finishing a dressage pattern instead of just riding a few set elements.

However, I’ve promised myself that in taking better care of me, I’m going to return to my roots, as it were, and learn to love every element horses have to offer again. And this time, I won’t let the bad outweigh the good.

Stay tuned for the lessons I end up teaching myself or that my horses teach me. Short of going back to officially teaching lessons, learning the nuances of dressage is going to become a self taught endeavor. And I’m 100% positive my horses will have their own opinions 🙂