08/21/2025
I post pictures and videos of me riding all the time and I donāt get critiqued often. I donāt get readers sniping at me about weight gain or crookedness or eyes up or down. It isnāt often someone beaks off on the subject of how I am losing the fight against agingā¦and I donāt appear to be losing it gracefully! In fact, if Iām to tell the truth, I havenāt really noticed much change except Iām not as tough as I used to be.
And yes, ātoughā is a good thing in my world, although it doesnāt seem such a sought after trait these days. Everyone is so soft, except where it countsā¦in the heart.
Anyway, I commented on a post written by a trainer I admire the other day about allowing people to criticize. My opinion was let them! If they pick and critique and try to tear you down, they are just showing their own true colours. They are small thinkers with wizened up souls. And itās not up to us to marshal them! They are not our problem.
I prefer to live larger than how I look in or out of the saddle. I prefer to keep working on growing my horsemanship and bettering my riding skills. I prefer to share my journey, write my stories, talk endlessly about my horses and my dogs and those damned cud-chewing cows. Let the couch jockeys and keyboard warriors ride into oblivion without so much as claiming a minute of my attention. Iāve got a life to liveā¦and a block button. š
Have a good day folks! āŗļø