Ridecamp: [RC] Helmets & fear

My neighbor's son recently got kicked in the head just leaning down 
removing skid boots.

When I went over to deliver some tamales & visit, he had just gotten the 
staples out of his head & I commented, "looks like you got a size aught 
over your ear".  He said I was about right.  Kid is lucky to be alive.

While I'm sure he will never wear a helmet, it got me wearing mine ALL the 
time now.

On fear, I was unloaded into a chain link fence a few years ago, breaking 
my elbow in 2 places.  After that, I found that no matter what anyone told 
me, I couldn't seem to keep from tensing up, holding my breath, all that 
stuff.  There was nothing left for me to do (if I wanted to keep riding) 
but to act "as if".  So I just kept putting one foot in front of the other, 
acted as if I were confident, balanced, relaxed  & told myself to let my 
brain use the information it had gathered over the years to help me through 
the situations I had no control over (like everything).  It became more 
important to me to get out there & experience life from the back of my 
horse than to let my fears stuff me into the background.

BTW I started Sky after this incident, have done all the training myself .

Lori, Sky & Houston



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