THE HORSE GAZETTE
training
A horse, Of Course
focus on learning and understanding
By Don Blazer © 2009
You know that you Whatever a person’s
ecule to the largest galaxy has a
have the power within to perception of a event, in real-
purpose, a direction, a function.
achieve your dreams. ity it is no more, nor any less,
Everything is of equal impor-
Your heart always than what exists for everyone
tance to all things and while all
tells you the truth so you can in every endeavor.
things are different, they are
trust it. It is what it is. It is
always interdependent.
When you practice what you choose it to be.
Whatever is happen-
non-judgment you can accept And it is the Sixth
ing in your relationship with
all things for what they are. Secret: Everything is exactly
horses, wishing it were differ-
And when you give instead of as it should be.
ent accomplishes nothing.
take, you gain. Nothing you are do-
Accept things as they
You may choose ing or are involved in is by ac-
are. Know things are exactly
how you respond to all things, cident. All of what you are and
as they should be and get on
so when you are told the sixth what you are doing is the result
with learning the lessons they
secret you can make choices. of your choices. You are where
teach.
To those watching, you are supposed to be at this
The answers to
training horses is obviously the moment by your choice.
changing what is to what you
most wonderful way to spend Of course your first
want it to be are in the events
your time. I’ve been told ten reaction to the statement “ev-
themselves.
thousand times, how lucky I am erything is exactly as it should
When you accept the
to be able to work with horses be” is both surprise and disgust.
fact that things are exactly as
all day. How can war and sickness and
they should be, you can apply
Of course I’m lucky; torture and pain and a thousand
the third element of training:
I’m doing the work I have cho- other sufferings be exactly as
compliance through non-resis-
sen to do. they should be?
tance.
But work was not They are as they
Anything less than
what they saw. They saw rec- should be because they are the
the acceptance of what is be-
reation, fun, and an escape from results of our collective ac-
comes a resistance on your
work. Work for so many is tions…all human actions.
part or by the horse, or by both!
unpleasant, filled with frustra- Until we all change
Compliance through non-re-
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Work, if it is not your exists.
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there can be no resistance on
But training horses, your thoughts and actions to
the part of the horse.
writing about horses, learning change what exists in the sin-
Accepting the Sixth
about horses is my work. And gular—what exists for you.
Secret will change every-
sometimes it is not all blue sky So, when things go
thing in your relationship with
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Don Blazer, author
30 Years of Experience
horses which simply don’t have to arrive at your chosen destiny:
of the Nine Secrets of Perfect
the talent to achieve the goals. perfect horsemanship. For ev-
Horsemanship, is also the au-
There are a thousand big and ery event, every action, every
thor of sever other horse train-
little irritating things that go thought has a lesson for you to
ing and health care books. Visit
wrong...there are frustrations if learn.
his web site: www.donblazer.
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