I feel
the same way. God teaches me so much through my horses and enriches my soul
through them.
Thank
You Lord!
In His Hands,
Susan, Fly Bye &
Dandy
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given
you." -Gandalf the Grey from Lord of the Rings
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Behalf Of DVeritas@xxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:29
AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Why do I
ride...
I ride my on horse on endurance
trails because they are long enough for me to journey from "yesterdays," (sad
and happy) to "todays," sad and happy. On the trail, my horse, carrys me
along, always moving forward, while I discover the things with which I haven't
come to grips; the unreconciled wounds of my youth to the unchallenged fears
of tomorrow. I ride because my wife makes me. She
knows what feeds me, what saves me from me, what softens my pillow at
night. I ride because she can't and I know, up close and
personal, what a privilege health is. So why not do something with
it? I ride because over the hill, around the bend,
across the river, down through the rocks is one more chance to see His majesty
and know that I am loved and worthy of forgiveness. God
sent his equine angels to lift me and carry me closer to Him. While in
His proximity, He feeds my soul, shores up my spirit and fills my
emptiness. And, when, coming down the mountain
and viewing the rigs and the activity of ridecamp, I know that I can deal with
anything "back in the real world," where, when I walk among the rest of the
mere mortals, I can still hear the echo of a shod hooves moving through a
rocky canyon, or I can hear the whispered conversations of riders moving
cautiously under a canopy of pine which blocks out the moon, but allows the
filtered starlight to calm me and let me know that I am never
alone. I ride to get to the end of the trail, which is
always the start of a new one.
----Frank AND, I like the people who ride, too.
Y'all are my herd and, for the most part, I understand you. I can't say
that about the rest of the world.
