Are you going to feel embarrassed today?

February 2, 2012 - Beginnings, Equine Behavior, Heart to Heart Horsemanship, Positive Reinforcement, Training Horses - 1 comment
Mark 9:33-34
“After they arrived at Capernaum and settled in a house, Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you discussing out on the road?” But they didn’t answer, because they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.”
Hahahaha – I love this. Jesus took ‘em by surprise! They had NO idea that He was listening …. that He ‘knew’. They became embarrassed.
That’s how I think those of us who lose sight of what’s ‘important’ in horsemanship should feel – embarrassed. But then we first have to realize that, like Jesus with his disciples, the horse surprises us! He surprises us by recognizing that our energies are NOT focused on him – but on our own egos. We’re so busy thinking of the ‘technique’ and who is bigger, badder, stronger, what WE have ‘to do’ in order to ‘make’ the horse do this or that or the other thing, that we forget the horse is even there! Listening, watching, … FEELING what we’re thinking.
When we think our little brain cells wiggle around and, in doing so, cause shifts/changes in energy. The energy produces frequencies that affect what’s around us. We’re all about electrical energy, ya know – that’s how our cells transmit information and ‘talk’ with one another. That’s how the horses talk between themselves and the world around them. The universe is all about energy. And we all know that energy is never destroyed; only changed.
So while we’re focusing on our selves, where’s that leave the horse?
Out.
And he tells us just that as he pulls us over to the side of the road to eat grass, or decides he’d rather go back to the barn or simply doesn’t respond when we decide we’re going to ‘make’ him move forward!
The horse is just receiving our energy. And our energy, if not all about the HORSE, is … well, not about the horse!  It’s USUALLY about us.
Just like the disciples all arguing about who was bigger and better — discussing/arguing about their egos, with their egos, in their egos.
They forgot about Jesus.
But Jesus knew … He didn’t forget about them! He knew. And he called them out on it just like the horse calls us out when we lose our focus.
Are you going to be surprised today? Are you going to think on this and feel just a tiny bit embarrassed or shameful? If so, that’s a GOOD thing. Ya know why?
Cause you’re the only one who can change it. 🙂