Everybody love everybody. I just want to say thank you for the support on my last post. I truly appreciate the ability of horse people to give high fives and hugs, even over the internet. Negativity seems to abound in the real world, so it is refreshing to come to a place where we focus on the positives.
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| Prisoner always appreciates some love |
I've seen our blogging community rally around each other when circumstances get bad, from the simple bad ride to truly unspeakable tragedy we are there for each other. When we have problems or questions we share them and usually get great informative answers.
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| Sound enough for a hack! |
I think that equestrian women as a whole get a reputation for being independent and opinionated. Neither of those are necessarily bad things and I know that I certainly fit into both categories. Those two things combined with a key board and computer screen can turn into a bit of a quagmire. At what point do we go from opinion sharing to lightly veiled slurs. I don't tend to post things that open worm cans, mostly because I don't want to deal with what comes out.
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| "Rail of wisdom where no lies are told" |
Part of the reason I didn't blog for so long was not just busyness. It was many things, one of which was teeny bits of drama/judgement here and there around the internet, nothing particularly aimed at me, but more just floating around. It made the blogland atmosphere slightly less warm and while I really really missed connecting with my blogging friends, I wasn't up to opening myself to potential heartache. All in all it was my loss, because really you guys are all great.
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| This guy understood the ins and outs of E.L.E. |
I guess all I'm saying is to be aware of what you are saying, even with the anonymity of the internet. I know that we all vent about our own lives from time to time, why would we have a blog if we didn't, but in regards to the things that get said to or about others we should always take a deep breath before we start typing. Is it constructive? Would you let a friend say it to your face? Does it have the ability to lend strength to another? Does it need to be said in public or private? Etc, etc. There are so many adages that sum it up, but I'm going to stick with the one I started with today: Everybody Love Everybody.
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PC: Alyssa
I'm always threatening to paint "Everybody Love Everybody" on the end of our shedrow at the track |
