✨Getting good with horses comes at a cost.
Not just a financial one, but also a personal one.
Because real horsemanship asks more of you than just showing up, it asks you to grow.
It costs you:
- your ego - when things don’t go the way you expected
- your comfort - when you realize you need to change, not the horse
- your patience - when progress is slower than you’d like
- your habits - when what you’ve always done no longer fits
- your certainty - when you start questioning what you thought you knew
- your time - because rushing no longer feels right
And sometimes it costs you the version of yourself that just wanted it to be easy.
But what you gain is so much more including greater clarity, connection, trust, and a horse that can truly understand you. So my tip is simply knowing all of the above and being okay with it.
❓Question:
What are you willing to Get Good at letting go of to become better for your horse?
Zoë🐴✨🫶