Have you ever been in that situation that you really want something...
But don't have the place to keep it...
Don't have the money to take care of it...
It's a pretty, overall impossible dream...
That's how it is with me and a horse called Royal.
He's not my horse.� He's my friend's.� I always told myself never to get attached to a horse that isn't mine, but...my heart didn't listen to my brain, and I fell in love with this guy.
It wasn't a right-away connection.� The first time I rode him, he threw me off.� I don't really blame him though.� He was in a new place, new surroundings, a new person was riding him.� I think he was just a little ticked off.
So I just kinda gave him some distance.
Then one day, I went to the pasture where he and another horse were.� I was gonna grab the other gelding, but Royal just came up to me, nudging my hand as if saying 'Hi! Wanna ride?'
'Do you wanna ride, buddy?' I asked him, rubbing his forehead.��
I could almost hear him say 'yes'.
�So we rode.� And he listened to me beautifully.
And we rode again.� And again.
But he's gone for now.� My friend couldn't afford him at the moment, so she's leasing him to a lady up in Vancouver (about an hour's drive away).� Of course, my friend loves Royal too. :)� She was sad that she had to part with him for a while.� (Notice how I didn't used the word 'give him up'?)� We both love him...and I feel like I let myself get attached to a horse that wasn't mine...even after I told myself not to.
�'Maybe loving a horse was like [losing a loved one] because they are big and because you expect them to live long.��
Maybe because having a horse meant your life had been touched by a beautiful mystery.'
{Chosen By a Horse, by Susan Richards}
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