The journey of learning horsemanship has been an ongoing lesson.  Just when you think you have something down you realize it really was just a door opening to show you that there are many more doors behind that one.  Have any of you ever felt this way too? 

Sometimes I wish I could be like some who in their minds know it all and for a brief moment feel like I accomplished something and am done.  You all know someone like this I'm sure.  However, I know it is better to always be open minded and continually learning its just that sometimes it would be nice to feel like okay I mastered that now lets move on.  Oh well, not in my cards on this one I know. 

This year is the year I finally made the commitment to take formal lessons with a very good instructor who is kind, patient, and knows when to push.  She knows exactly how to describe how to correct what I'm doing and no matter how many times I do it incorrectly she corrects me.  There are moments when I wish I had been in a financial situation to take the lessons at the beginning because for me a lot of my lessons are covering basics in riding and correcting my bad habits.  The good news is that by working hard I've corrected some of the really bad ones.  The bad news is that I have a lot more to correct.  I just hope my pocket book can continue to afford these lessons because man-oh-man I don't want them to end. 

I mentioned previously that I wish I had been able to take these kind of lessons from the beginning...  then I wonder what if I did? Would I understand what I'm supposed to do and why?  Or would I just be a puppet doing what I'm told with no understanding.  It is almost like a catch 22.  Yes, it would have been easier to take lessons first and get it right but all with no understanding as to why.  OR understand why, feel the difference when you ask correctly, and fight to get the muscles to un learn the bad way to do it and learn the correct way. 

I'm really looking forward next year and what it will bring.  Happy Holidays ya'll!!!