tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post8590990496846498583..comments2023-10-25T08:16:38.782-07:00Comments on Of Horses and Men: A Year in Reviewsidetrackedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646438998655943806noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post-1905335246514597642009-08-09T19:00:16.944-07:002009-08-09T19:00:16.944-07:00Sounds like you've had an outstanding year, ev...Sounds like you've had an outstanding year, even with the few wrenches thrown in. <br />I hope that the next year is even better...but with a lot less broken stuff (eek!)<br /><br />Happy Birthday to you!<br /><br />~LisaLaughing Orca Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post-24705379930731154692009-08-09T15:27:26.797-07:002009-08-09T15:27:26.797-07:00A day, an hour, a minute, a moment — take it howev...A day, an hour, a minute, a moment — take it however you have to. You're doing just fine. And happy birthday!Leah Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158981037468411293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post-12829874667878472082009-08-08T12:28:59.025-07:002009-08-08T12:28:59.025-07:00Happy birthday!!! Here's to lots of fun with g...Happy birthday!!! Here's to lots of fun with good friends in your 28th year!!!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01736592362765508427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post-10203387625515121972009-08-07T23:00:06.608-07:002009-08-07T23:00:06.608-07:00Happy Birthday! Best wishes for a HAPPY year :)Happy Birthday! Best wishes for a HAPPY year :)cdncowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055181472294995601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post-12734878654221946742009-08-07T12:23:39.287-07:002009-08-07T12:23:39.287-07:00A very Happy Birthday to you! Having actually tur...A very Happy Birthday to you! Having actually turned that "big 30" this summer I can sympathize with what you are feeling. At my age my parents were also married with two kids, but my mom had to give up her horses when she got married, so there's that. When I was 21 I was convinced I was with the man I was going to spend the rest of my life with, so finding myself 30 and single and not even in a relationship is tough to stomach. But I have a good career going and a good horse and those are two things I've worked very hard for. <br /><br />Sometime between 25 and 30 I made a realization: there is only so much control you can have over your life. What can I control? I have some control over my career and making sure I do a good job at work. I have some control over my horse life. I can do things my way, I can work hard and try to ride better. What can't I control? Boys. I have very little control over getting OR keeping a boy. So I decided to focus on the two that I had some control over. It's tough to think that 10 years ago I thought I'd be married within a year or so, and that another 10 years could slip away just as fast. The other BIG thing we have a lot of control over, is how we feel today. Take a cue from our four-legged friends: do they worry about tomorrow? Do they think about what it would be like to be a little faster or a little more popular in the turnout? Nope. They live for today. Just like Adventures of a Horse Crazed Mind suggests: one day at a time. <br /><br />I try to make a point at the end of each day to recall at least one thing that made me happy. So far today I'm jazzed about finding floor lamps for my office for only $10 a piece at Target! It's a little thing, but it's healthier than dwelling each night on the fact that I'm single! Hang in there, thirty is a lot like 27 was, actually!Rebecca Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058661062366527906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post-11106286904103598612009-08-07T11:00:32.454-07:002009-08-07T11:00:32.454-07:00Great review of the year! Sounds like you have a g...Great review of the year! Sounds like you have a great idea of where you want to go from here- which is half the battle. Hope you have a great day today! Found this today in someone's comments and have it "copied" so will leave it here for you... <br /><br />Just For Today I will live one day only, forgetting yesterday and tomorrow, and not trying to solve the whole problem of life at once.<br /><br />Just For Today I will be unafraid of life and death; unafraid to enjoy the beautiful and be happy. People are as happy as they make up their minds to be.<br /><br />Just For Today I will adjust myself to what is, and try not to make everything over to suit me. If I cannot have what I like, I will try to like what I have.<br /><br />Just For Today I will be agreeable, cheerful, charitable, do my best, praise people for what they do, not criticize them for what they cannot do; and if I find fault, I will forgive it and forget it. I will try not to improve or regulate anybody except for myself.<br /><br />Just For Today I will have a plan. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have one. It will save me from worry, hurry and indecision.<br /><br />Just For Today I will get off my nerves and not get on theirs. I will appreciate them for what they do and what they are.<br /><br />Just For Today I will not show it if my feelings are hurt.<br /><br />Just For Today I will find a little time for quiet, to relax and to realize what life is and can be, and get a better perspective of myself.<br /><br />Just For Today I will look at life with fresh eyes and discover the wonder of it; I will know that as I give to the world so the world will give to me.Chelsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045101705493626989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post-89485918995790298722009-08-07T10:49:03.422-07:002009-08-07T10:49:03.422-07:00Happy Birthday! I hope that this year is a great ...Happy Birthday! I hope that this year is a great one for you!!~*~Lysh~*~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06715067021800722941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4952050352237571556.post-36516334516773589892009-08-07T09:56:20.905-07:002009-08-07T09:56:20.905-07:00Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Shadow Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015365019108553741noreply@blogger.com