So I'm a little late getting around to L's blog hop but I think that it is a very thought-provoking question - at least in my situation.
Why do you continue to ride?
Well, lord knows I'm not going to the Olympics anytime soon. I can barely trot a straight line. I actually told one of the kids at the barn the other day that I "spend a lot of money on something I'm not really that good at."
So why do I continue to ride?
Because I built my life around this. Literally. I pretty much only went to law school so I could get a horse. True story.
And on that train of thought, I have also expressed time and again that if I didn't have a horse, I'm not entirely sure that I would be where I'm at, doing what I'm doing.
Why do I continue to ride?
Because I had a dream. Just one dream. My whole life. To have a horse. That's it. Simple.
Riding keeps me sane. Riding makes me feel free. Riding makes me feel like I accomplish something (even when, you know, I probably don't). Riding - and horses in particular - feels like it is an integral part of my personality.
And this is my thing. This is what I do.
So Walker and I just bumble along. Together.
And I think, to some degree, I'm probably just a little bit crazy. Aren't we all?
As I've been floating (or just trying to keep myself from drowning this last year) I've come to realize that I totally changed my MO somewhere between highschool and college. I originally only went to college so I could 'have a degree to fall back on if I got hurt riding'. I wanted to be a Professional, and then along the way I got caught up in this idea of having a career out of horses (probably a mix of being a working student and seeing how hard the life is and the economy crashing). I definitely don't mind where I am now, but man.. what a journey.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Looking back sometimes, it's so easy to be like, "wow, so that's how I got here."
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