[RC] For Rob, on safety nets and 100 milers - Laura Hayes
STANDING AND APPLAUDING AT OUR
HOUSE. Thank you, Rob.
Laura Hayes and Mark McConnon DVM
Brocton, NY
Rob Losey wrote:
>>>>I can't speak of endurance, I'm too new and will
never be good at it because I'm too old. I can speak of life because I am
old, though I never got real good at it. Years ago great challenges were
faced and overcome by hard working men and women. Settling this county.
Crossing the west. Facing the dust bowl, WW1, the Great Depression and WW2.
You had to succeed. Failure meant death, one great motivator. Now we
can't hardly move without tripping on safety nets. Fill out the right
government paper work and you'll have housing, food, and enough money to buy
your beer and cigarettes. Fail in business, just file for bankruptcy. Yes
these safety nets are good things, they show our humanity. But many have
found it comfortable to just live in a safety net. If you don't try you
can't fail. Late in life I found endurance. Riding without a net. Work hard,
learn all you can, train, condition and prepare your horse. Know how to read
your horse. Your horse will give it's all to care for you. You must learn to
care for it. Risk of failure is what made this country great. Preparing
and overcoming that risk is what drew me to endurance. That's what makes
endurance endurance. I choose goals more carefully now. This maybe my last
goal. In endurance I still have a long way to go. Please don't string up one
more safety net under one of the last true challenges left out
there. This year 50s. I may never ride a 100. Without the challenge and risk
out failure I may not want to. Rob and Annabelle PS - The best book I
ever read was "Ten Feet Tall, Still". There may never be another Julie Suhr.
I've never met one, male or female. There will never be another if all the
challenges she faced are all removed, watered down, and protected by safety
nets<<<<<
