Change

This is the time of year when most of us are excited with the holidays…the cookies, the big meals, the gift giving and party going. We also get ready for the coming of the New Year where we vow to make changes…lose weight, quit smoking, etc.

There are plenty of advertising campaigns to fuel the fire.

And with the thought of change we assume, at least I assume, it will be BETTER. My boss calls me a Pollyanna. I call her other things but that’s a story for another time.

Many of my friends are going through changes right now. No reason to wait for January 1. Some of the changes I feel will be good while others…I don’t know but I hope they work out for that person how they wanted, needed.

Me? I am about to make a change. I don’t know if it will be for the better.

I am selling a horse I absolutely adore. I rescued him 3+ years ago from a terrible situation, lame and 200+ pounds underweight. I paid the $$ the seller was asking and brought him home. For 6 months I allowed him to be just a horse. To eat, to run, to be. He needed it.

It took him 3 days to realize his pasture was bigger than a 100 x 100 foot lot, under a busy interstate and that there weren't 12 other horses to share it.

He’s big now. You’d never know he was scrawny. Close to 16 hands and 1100 pounds, he is a power house. I get mesmerized every time I watch him trot across the pasture. He is my dream horse.

Most days he trots down the trail effortlessly. You have no idea how much ground you have covered until you realize nobody is behind you. On other days he Piaffe's down the trail, or goes sideways, or up or backwards…More than 4 horses just blows his mind. I don’t know why.

But, with his change for the better, he has become too much horse for me. He is competitive, and he needs to work daily. He isn’t dangerous he’s just silly and with his size it scares me.If I were young and full of P&V this would be a non issue. I have ridden that type of horse before and enjoyed it.

Now, not so much. I don’t have the ability to keep his body and MIND focused daily.  He needs a job and a rider who can bring out his full potential. I truly wish it was me.

He is kind, he is inquisitive and he would be the most liked boy in school as he can be very charming.

I need the nerd.

With the New Year I hope to give this horse the opportunity he was bred for with a rider who can bring him to his full potential. And hopefully that will be the best change for both of us.

(To a special friend: You are Smart, You are Beautiful, You are Important.)