Words of Wisdom

I found this little snip-it on someone else's blog and I felt it worth reposting...

1. Never panic. Stop, breathe, think.
2. No one is thinking about you. They're thinking about themselves, just like you.
3. Never change haircut or color before an important event.
4. Nothing is either as bad or as good as it seems.
5. Do as you would be done by, e.g., thou shalt not kill.
6. It is better to buy one expensive thing that you really like than several cheap ones that you only quite like.
7. Hardly anything matters: if you get upset, ask yourself, "Does it really matter?"
8. The key to success lies in how you pick yourself up from failure.
9. Be honest and kind.
10. Only buy clothes that make you feel like doing a small dance.
11. Trust your instincts, not your overactive imagination.
12. When overwhelmed by disaster, check if it's really a disaster by doing the following: (a) think, "Oh, f*ck it" (b) look on the bright side and, if that doesn't work, look on the funny side.
If neither of the above works then maybe it is a disaster so turn to items 1 and 4.
13. Don't expect the world to be safe or life to be fair.
14. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
15. Don't regret anything. Remember there wasn't anything else that could have happened, given who you were and the state of the world at that moment. The only thing you can change is the present, so learn from the past.
16. If you start regretting something and thinking, "I should have done..." always add, "but then I might have been run over by a lorry or blown up by a Japanese-manned torpedo".

Region 4

Last week was the Arabian Region 4 Championship Horse Show at the Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho. This was a huge deal for us Idahoans because usually the show is in Salem, Oregon which I have heard is not a very pleasant place to show. Don't quote me on that because I have never been, it's just the word on the street. Nathan was extremely busy running back and forth trying to show and ride all his horses at home to get ready for the Quarter Horse show this weekend. He did manage to have a great show riding Nobles Top Gun to a championship in Arabian Reining Open and Noble Fantasy to a championship in Arabian Reining Futurity. He had two beautiful runs. I took to the arena with my second reining pattern ever and Top Gun was such an awesome boy for me. I can't believe a stallion can breed non stop for a week and then go be an extremely well behaved show horse. I went top five in Arabian Reining AOTR and learned that I am really not going as fast as I think I am out there. There are always things to work on for next time.

Up next for the show season is the Luc McGregor Memorial Derby this weekend at the Idaho Center and then the following week we will be in Reno, Nevada for the Arabian Region 3 Championship. A busy couple of weeks but hopefully after that we can get a breather.