Humility and the horse: The lessons learned from horses 16 Articles

by Matthew Brendal

It's very ironic how true horsemanship puts humility into the human. Most people may think of humility as a bad thing, as if being humiliated. Humility in its simplest form just means modesty or respectfulness. Horses hav...read more

by Luningning Sugbu

As human as I am like the rest of humanity, I needed to be reminded to practice humility everyday every once in a while. Because our society measures intelligence by how high our marks were in school, and because I was an ...read more

by Suzanne Quigley

Humility and the Horse: The Lessons Learned from Horses My life long passion has been horses and riding. I can remember as a six-year old, sprinting to a window and plastering my face against the glass to watch with aw...read more

by Harry Johnson Sr

Humility and the horse; Yes, a good opening if I have ever heard one. But first, let me tell you alitte about myself. Before you take in the whole story, you must know something about me. I'm an Alaskan Native, born and...read more

by Robert Rickover

Towards the end of her life, I showed a copy of the Equitation issue of Direction Journal to Marjorie Barstow, the first person to graduate from F. M. Alexander's first teacher training course. Until her recent death at a...read more

by Cindy Beck

To say I was always crazy about horse would be a great understatement. Even though I am now overweight and arthritic despite my heavy work load in the past and because of a cranky thyroid...I still love horses. For most of...read more

by Misty Shepherd

Horses have a way of slapping a big dose of humility at the most inconvenient times. While at the time, I failed to appreciate their lessons, I can look back, laugh or cry, and realize that every horse I have owned taught...read more

by Sarah Williams

I've been riding and training horses for over 15 years, and I've competed in countless regional and national level horse shows, earning medals, ribbons, titles and occasionally some money, and despite my success with the s...read more

by Emily Carn

The 1st horse I ever interacted with was a plump, middle-aged, cantankerous bay mare that my father bought for the four of us kids to ride. As it turned out, I was the one most interested in riding, & therefore almost the...read more

by Touche N. D'Head

What can you learn from your horse? Well, the first thing you can learn is humility. Oh yes, when you are trying to break your new horse with one of your friends watching, and the dadgum horse suddenly goes from a flat g...read more

by Margaret Averso

Let just start in saying I have spent most of my life around horses, whether it be by being around my friends who had horses or being around my own horses. I have found through many episodes of having one of my horses emba...read more

by Harry Manuel

If there is one thing that being involved with horses will do for you, it will teach you humility. If you have a child that that is getting a bit big for their boots get them involved with horses I am example of th...read more

by Joanne Rummel

Lessons From a Horse No matter how long you have been around horses, you will never "know it all". True, there are people who are very knowledgeable and some might consider them experts. No matter how much you know, y...read more

by Jessie Powell

Ah yes the things we have learned from our horses. You know what the first thing I learned from my first horse was? I learned that a buck equaled ground equaled pain.I know that is a little funny you see we really do learn...read more

by Cate Wines

Humility: humbleness. I "forever" a Percheron. Her name is Kassie, she's black-turning-grey and she's almost three years old. I don't own her; I see her as a partner, not a possession. She is a marvelous teacher, my ...read more

by Demelza France

Horses are complicated animals with their own feelings , temperaments and views on life and I'm My opinion should be treated as if human . Take for example my Horse Tonka .He is a temper mental Welsh Section C who likes t...read more