a bit of a different thing here but...some
years ago i was into obedience trials with my dogs. had a couple that did
fantasticly and won over and over again. one day it hit me that i was
going in with the attitude that i HAD to win, people expected it. this was
carrying over into my training time, too. i stopped going at
all.
it was becoming a grind for me and my dogs,
just not fun when it's a life or death thing. if i'm not enjoying it and my
horses or dogs aren't enjoying it what's the point? i hope nobody get's so
caught up in a sport that you can't enjoy it if you don't win. i know me
well enough to know that i can get so
into something that it's hard to let go
but i never want to get to the point that my animals are a means to get an
award.
Varrrrooooommm, wait up, sylvia!!
patty in georgia
Man does not have the only memory, The animals remember, The earth
remembers, The stones remember, If you know how to listen, they will tell
you many things.
Years ago, when I was doing a lot of running and marathons (yes, if you
look at me now you would never believe it) I was asked by a friend how I had
"done". I told him I had a "good time" meaning I laughed, talked, high
fived all the kids, danced with the police, even did the beer stop at mile 23
which, of course, almost dropped me to my knees. He, however, could not
get past the reality that it had taken me all damn day to finish the thing and
that I had not, in fact, had a "good time" chronologically. Some people
will always have the goal of placing well and winning awards, and
some will always gauge by their "good time, and sometimes, you even get
both.
