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[rebeccaogrebel]

Yay small improvements 💪 After we have trained the collections for the past month I feel that Rebel is getting stronger and more confident in it! And now I actually also enjoy training the collections, because of those good moments where I feel it's perfect ❤ #academicartofriding #academicdressage #horsetraining #fronerthigblackrebel

[growingtogetherwithhorses]

Appreciation

The first definition I found when I typed it in google was:  1. Recognition of the quality, value, significance, or magnitude of people and things. 2. A judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one. 3. An expression of gratitude. 4. Awareness or delicate perception, especially of aesthetic qualities or values. 5. A rise in value or price, especially over time 

For me it is something really important in my life. It is something you can give to people, but it is as well something you can receive. And you don’t have to say it out loud for anybody to know that it is there. I try to give as much appreciation as I can. I appreciate my parents for giving me chances my hole life long. They might not always understand my every move, but just for that small thingy, it makes me appreciate them even more. I appreciate my sister, who is of course the best in the world, for always being my sister and all the fun times together. i appreciate the people that give me chances, that listen to me or talk to me about big things or small things. 

In this year as a working student, I have met and will hopefully meet a lot of people. I was already in Italy, and I am now in Denmark. Both places are completely different. But when you’re working somewhere, for me it is important to feel appreciated. As for me, when I do a job, I want to be good at it, I put my all in it. Which with horse’s is really the only way, because you are taking care of other people’s ‘babies’. And for me, when I don’t get that feeling of appreciation, I start to dislike the job I am doing and you can’t do it anymore with the hole of you.  

And when you work with horses, you must always appreciate their honesty. As you see, they can’t lie. They can just tell you very kind what you might do or ask wrong and our task is to listen. And you must appreciate that honesty, because you always get back what you give.  

I have been here in Denmark now for little over a month and I cannot believe it has been that long! only one big month left before the next adventure. And I learned more things here then just things about horses, I am now as well good with all different kinds of apple pies and apple cakes. Just don’t eat everything you make is a smart advise. 

[vankiee]

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[emeliefrid]

Me and Lilith in a clinic about the academic art of riding in july 2013.

[emeliefrid]

Me and Nalim at a clinic in the academic art of riding this summer

[emeliefrid]

Me and Nalim Ibn Farid taking a break during a clinic in academic art of riding.