writter's block

It's amazing how many time during the week I think of things to write on my blog and then when I finally get the time I go blank! Is that what they call the writer's block?

The last few weeks have been a bit frantic so I should have lots to say. I finished a 6 weeks training block with my 3yo. I try to do 6 weeks then give him at least a couple of weeks off. It's been a great time to reflect on what we have achieved and where we are going. I wrote a new plan for the next 6 weeks. Everything is getting better, softer and more established. Our big break through was with Liberty which is now developing nicely.
While Cisco was having his little horsey holiday, I started playing with Trigger again. I've really enjoyed the change of horsenality. It's quite different playing with a damaged horse. Everyday I have to prove to him that human are not all bad. We start most of our sessions with a horse that has gone so deep within, that he is almost catatonic. We mostly finish with a LBE and often have gone through all the horsenalities in between. Keep me on my toes!
The big new challenge has been my new volunteer position on Parelli Social Media team. It's been a great learning curve in many respects. The most difficult so far has been to try to porcupine myself away from the computer and to keep some form of balance in my life. In my attempt to drag myself away from Parelli Connect, I have started reading again. I am reading Temple Grandin. My mother had given me the book years ago. It's one of her favourite books. When I saw that it was on Pat Parelli reading list, I thought I would give it a go. It is a fascinating insight in the mind of an autistic woman who because of her illness developed a deep understanding of the psychology of prey animals. I am trying to understand what it is like to perceive the world in pictures. What a challenge!
It's been really funny because, in my initial efforts to dissociate my private life to my Parelli life, I've set up a new FB page and a new email address, except that they are both almost identical in their content. I came to realise that there were no longer boundaries between my "normal" life and my "horsey" life, and that the Parelli ethos and philosophy had become my way of life. I can't think of a situation where I do not apply some of my Parelli principles to solve the puzzle.

Well, maybe I did not have writer's block after all!