08/19/2025
What is your favorite thing to do with your horse?
Is your favorite thing to do with your horse strictly related to how much you can ride them or with them?
Is your favorite thing to do with your horse strictly related to something they give or do for you?
Do you feel like you must be doing something with your horse for them to enjoy being with you or for them to feel validated?
Val is here to remind you that there is so much satisfaction and gratitude in the small things. That you don’t have to “be” something specific. That you don’t have to “do” something big or special. That riding isn’t the only thing that connects you and your horse. Remember to find the “small” things that fill both yours and your horse’s cup with gratitude. Do they love apples? Maybe you bring them a fresh apple today. Do they love to be scratched on? Maybe you give them a full body scratch where you are totally present with them. Or maybe you get to the barn and decide to take them for a hand graze and spend some quiet time with them.
Remember that you don’t have to do or be something for your horse to appreciate you. They are here to support and guide you in every phase of life and in every version of you. Try taking the pressure off of the two you, maybe something surprising will emerge that fills your soul more than you could ever have imagined.