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    [RC] Helmets & fear - Lori Chandler



    My neighbor's son recently got kicked in the head just leaning down removing skid boots.


    When I went over to deliver some tamales & visit, he had just gotten the staples out of his head & I commented, "looks like you got a size aught over your ear". He said I was about right. Kid is lucky to be alive.

    While I'm sure he will never wear a helmet, it got me wearing mine ALL the time now.

    On fear, I was unloaded into a chain link fence a few years ago, breaking my elbow in 2 places. After that, I found that no matter what anyone told me, I couldn't seem to keep from tensing up, holding my breath, all that stuff. There was nothing left for me to do (if I wanted to keep riding) but to act "as if". So I just kept putting one foot in front of the other, acted as if I were confident, balanced, relaxed & told myself to let my brain use the information it had gathered over the years to help me through the situations I had no control over (like everything). It became more important to me to get out there & experience life from the back of my horse than to let my fears stuff me into the background.

    BTW I started Sky after this incident, have done all the training myself .

    Lori, Sky & Houston



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