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Fear is something you experience in your mind. Danger means that you are actually in physical danger.
“Fear is something you experience in your mind. Danger means that you are actually in physical danger.” This is a quote from a recent podcast I released discussing the challenges that riders often face. Here is a link to the post where you can listen to the podcast. The best way to never miss a…
Read MoreWhen fear stops you from even trying, you’ve already lost.
This is a quote from a recent podcast I released discussing the challenges that riders often face. Here is a link to the post where you can listen to the podcast. The best way to never miss a podcast is to download a podcast player app and subscribe to the Stacy Westfall Podcast!
Read More“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.”
Just about the time I think, “I wish summer could last all year.” I realize I don’t fully mean it. Yes, there is a part of me that longs for summer days, slick horses, dry trails and the smell of the warm earth. But there is another part of me that equally longs for chilly…
Read MoreHave you discovered why?
Some days just require a little more motivation. For me that might be reading something inspirational, talking to someone that I find encouraging or encouraging someone else. Yesterday was one of those days. This prompted me to search for quotes. Then I searched for pretty pictures (thanks Donnie). The result was this photo quote. It…
Read MoreHappy 4th of July!
“Life without friendship is like the sky without sun.”
In this photo Presto (left) is eight weeks old and Justice (right) is seven weeks old. It’s hard to believe that Presto was weaned from his mom at three days old and Justice at around two and a half weeks. Watching them grow they seem big to me…but in reality they are still little guys.…
Read MoreThe mental habits we create in ourselves and our horses.
The filly entered the arena on edge, expecting to blow off energy. It didn’t matter to her that she was saddled and bridled, blowing off energy during the first 10-15 minutes of a ride was normal. It was what she had done from the first ride. At this point it was part of the routine.…
Read More"Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself."
Swimming my horse…and the Art of Living.
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others…
Read More"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." Benjamin Franklin
Passion; “strong and barely controllable emotion.” Reason; “the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.”
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