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That's a very interesting observation and it reminds me of being taught 
how to break boards in a karate class.  My son had wanted to take 
karate, but he was too young.  I tried it and loved it (What mother 
wouldn't...screaming, punching, kicking after telling kids not to all 
day?), but when one day the teacher said we were going to break boards, 
I told him that I would watch since I'd only been taking classes for a 
few months.  He made me try it and the secret was to strike something 
that was just on the other side of the board.  If you tried to hit the 
board and break it, all you did was hurt your hand.  If the end point 
of your blow was actually 6 inches below the board, you never even felt 
the board.  I never got to be terribly good at karate, but that lesson 
was worth everything.  When I think about taking my young ones out to 
meet the world (an awesome task in Egyptian villages) I never think 
about where we are, just where we are going.  I never thought about it 
in reference to the karate lesson, but I believe it's the same thing.

Maryanne
Cairo

On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 20:58 Africa/Cairo, Ridecamp Guest wrote:

> On Behalf Of csimmons88
>
> > I spent Saturday in the saddle with a green horse doing the creek 
> > dance.
>
> The best kept 'secret' I learned from Pat Parrelli years ago.
>
> He took a bunch of us on new started 2/3/4 year olds (1 week or less 
> under
> saddle).  He sent us down a dip with small creek at the bottom and a 
> nice
> open up slope on the other side.  Just the type that if they're not 
> going to
> quietly walk across it was a safe 'leap'....
>
> There was only one horse that crossed out of the group.
>
> What Pat shared with us was that person was the only one in the group 
> that
> had put their focus/intent/energy on the other side of the 
> creek...therefore
> the horse's focus was on the other side too.  Those of us that didn't 
> cross
> had ridden down the slope with our focus (fear/anxiety) on the near 
> side! 


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