This was a momentous day for me. For as long as I can remember I have been afraid of horses! They are big and powerful creatures that could end me in a blink of an eye, all summed up that would mean intimidating. However, on this day I didn’t really have choice, (I did but that’s not as exciting). As I watched the others mount up and ride out into the pasture, I stood heart wrenched thinking of all the possible ways a horse could destroy me. Then the instructor finally called me over, I tried my best to calm my breathing and my pulse so that the horse couldn’t sense my fears. Once atop the saddle my fears started to diminish. The horses started to ride out, up the mountain we went! About an hour later we came up to these open fields. My horse and I had been trudging along lazily in the back enjoying the beautiful scenery of the volcano and rainforest. We finally got to a big open field and everyone’s horses began to gallop away, my horse follows suite but when we got to the top of the first hill in the middle of the opening my horse gets struck by a shock of….. Boredom! I couldn’t explain any other reason why it would stop, this same event happened throughout the day. Eventually we began to sing songs together, it was making a catchy grunting sound, (probably was just me). Soon we came upon the buildings of the resort, far behind the group I strode in like a triumphant warrior on my half dead looking horse. Earlier my horse was stumbling along, it was very tired and I thought it was going to drop and roll on me. I felt sorry for it and thought that I should probably get off and walk it, but I didn’t think that the horse instructor would have appreciated that very much for some odd reason. Finally we got back to the resort and the horses ended up getting their very much deserved rest. I learned from this to not be scared of some things until you have tried it because it could become a great experience!!
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