Tricks vs. Trade

I've just thought of something going off of something Pat Parelli said.

He said, "I want you to not only use this as a handy trick, but as a trade."

After he said that, I had a huge "aha!" moment!

Horsemanship isn't just a series of tricks and strategies we've squeezed from a few different people and made it our own. Horsemanship in it's finest form is a whole art, a trade. It is not a borrowed method, it is something that can only truly be judged by the horse itself.

If you are rushed into doing something with a horse, yours or not, it is not Horsemanship. Horsemanship is a journey and a dance. No rules. Just going with the music. You don't have to learn to dance, it just may just look funny at first. But it will get better and look more beautiful if you listen to the horse.

-Me