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Just a Horse...

Last post 12-31-2007 9:26 PM by Briahna's Mom. 7 replies.
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  • 12-29-2007 9:44 PM

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    A friend emailed this to me... 

    JUST A HORSE

    From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a horse," or, "that's a lot of money for just a horse".

    They don't understand the distance traveled, the time spent or the costs involved for "just a horse." Some of my proudest moments have come about with "just a horse."

    Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a horse," but I did not once feel slighted.  Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by "just a horse," and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a horse" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.

    If you think it's "just a horse," then you will probably understand phrases like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise."

    "Just a horse" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy. "Just a horse" brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person. Because of "just a horse" I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future.

    So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a horse" but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.

    "Just a horse" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.

    I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a horse" but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a woman."

    Anonymous
    ...and God took a handful of southerly wind, blew his breath over it and created the horse...

    ~ Bedouin Legend


    Bri's soul
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  • 12-29-2007 10:20 PM In reply to

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    Beautiful...thanks for sharing...I think thats how every horse person feels...atleast the 'hard core' ones...I don't know what I would do without a horse in my life...

    Lesson From Your Horse: When you' re tense, let me teach you that there are lions in the woods, and we need to leave. NOW!!

  • 12-30-2007 1:31 AM In reply to

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    thats very pretty. i just makes me remember the other day when we went out to blanket, and the barn owner said that they were "just horses"


    Look back on our struggle for freedom,
    Trace our present day's strength to its source;
    And you'll find that man's pathway to glory
    Is strewn with the bones of a horse.
    Anonymous

  • 12-30-2007 1:36 PM In reply to

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    That is a wonderful post, its great to know there are other people who understand how I feel, sometimes my horse is the only thing that keeps me alive, and I know plenty of others are the same.

    Thanks for sharing! (and Lady, I can't believe your BO said that!)

    To each their own... but to me my horse!

  • 12-30-2007 2:20 PM In reply to

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     Amen!  That is beautiful!  Thanks for sharing it Smile


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  • 12-31-2007 1:04 AM In reply to

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    LOL. One of the coach's put this up (word for word) in the barn on Boxing Day! Such a small world!

    Christina

    My Life.

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  • 12-31-2007 1:22 PM In reply to

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    It brought tears to my barn owner's eyes and my co-boarder says she's going to print it and frame it.

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  • 12-31-2007 9:26 PM In reply to

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    Thanks so much for all the kind messages.  I know when I talk about my horse to my husband, his eyes kinda glaze over and he gets this "Yes dear" look, because he isn't into horses.  When I hear what I've heard here, I know I'm not crazy, just like all of you, I just love my horse.  The one quote that really hit home follows:

    So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a horse" but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.

    The pure joy of the moment.  That kinda sums it up in a nutshell.

    ...and God took a handful of southerly wind, blew his breath over it and created the horse...

    ~ Bedouin Legend


    Bri's soul

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