“Until the lesson is learned, it will be repeated.” In my younger, “I got this!” days, a friend invited me to go horseback riding. When we reached the farm, the owner did a quick head count and pronounced that I could not ride with the others. She noted that the remaining horse didn’t do well with male riders. As the other three riders were all women I’m not sure why one of them could not have ridden this horse. Assuring the owner I would be okay, we mounted up and first navigated a narrow trail to a large open field. Once there, my horse tried repeatedly to brush me off by swiping me against large trees. When that failed, she proceeded to buck me off. Then danced merrily away. In short, what makes a knucklehead (me) with very limited riding skills decide I could prevail? Ego. So watching the woman, and listening to her comments on the horses, was a good reminder that willpower may not be the best solution for controlling a horse. Or many other situations…
I’ve had a few bruises from repeatedly bumping into the same lessons. 😂
“What is this here to teach me?” has become a “go to” question.
Willpower… I once read a quote from author Toni Morrison, “If you catch the wind, you can ride it.” Thoreau talked about a subtle fire in nature directing us aright.
I let the muses banter openly. Doing so quiets my groping/controlling mind so that I might feel the wind.
“Until the lesson is learned, it will be repeated.” In my younger, “I got this!” days, a friend invited me to go horseback riding. When we reached the farm, the owner did a quick head count and pronounced that I could not ride with the others. She noted that the remaining horse didn’t do well with male riders. As the other three riders were all women I’m not sure why one of them could not have ridden this horse. Assuring the owner I would be okay, we mounted up and first navigated a narrow trail to a large open field. Once there, my horse tried repeatedly to brush me off by swiping me against large trees. When that failed, she proceeded to buck me off. Then danced merrily away. In short, what makes a knucklehead (me) with very limited riding skills decide I could prevail? Ego. So watching the woman, and listening to her comments on the horses, was a good reminder that willpower may not be the best solution for controlling a horse. Or many other situations…
I’ve had a few bruises from repeatedly bumping into the same lessons. 😂
“What is this here to teach me?” has become a “go to” question.
Willpower… I once read a quote from author Toni Morrison, “If you catch the wind, you can ride it.” Thoreau talked about a subtle fire in nature directing us aright.
I let the muses banter openly. Doing so quiets my groping/controlling mind so that I might feel the wind.