Thoughts

Competidor V, 1995 – 2015

to live in this world you must be able to do three things to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. - Mary Oliver Ghosty was originally purchased for my mom....

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Taking Responsibility for Your Own Education

[caption id="attachment_111" align="alignright" width="300"] Rebekah McCormick and her mare Lisianthus. She earned her USDF Bronze medal doing one lesson a week and riding outside year round, even walking on gravel roads to maintain fitness when her ring was too frozen to school.[/caption] I recently had a...

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In Pursuit of Mastery

Recently, I watched a TED talk by a woman named Sarah Lewis that I found to be particularly relevant to dressage. The talk is called "Embracing the Near Win", and it discusses the differences between success and mastery. As all of us who participate in...

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