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And yet again I failed to find one.
I tried looking for some Amish populations, but ended up finding out that they don't really ride much.
They do use horses but they usually don't ride on their back.
Besides, I doubt that they will agree to lend me a horse for money (do Amish people use money?!)
I also tried looking for some poor villages around the world (okay, not around the entire world, but around Europe) but as I expected, I didn't find a thing.
Well duh!If they are poor then they probably don't have an Internet connection and besides why would people that own their own horses put them on a web site anyway?When I think about it, what was I thinking?That I'm gonna find something like this "We are a poor family, living in the village of ____ in ____, we own a few horses but we don't care about them that much that we wouldn't mind giving them unsupervised to whoever pays the most, thank you."Sounds ridiculous doesn't it?Yeah I know it does.And I know that I shouldn't be looking for some old poor villages where people don't give a damn about their horses.But it just seems like the only way.
I mean let's admit it, no riding school anywhere around the world won't let just somebody who they don't know (or even somebody they do know, for that matter) go off and ride their horses alone.
Trust me, I searched and searched and came up with nothing.
And yet I can't help but wanting to ride free.Without the stupid restrictions and stupid rules.
I was riding for a few years in a normal riding school but it was pointless.And no fun at all.
All rules, rules and more rules.Screw rules.Why can't people think about the fun for once??
Personally I don't find what's so fun about walk-trotting in a circle for an hour around a tiny arena and jumping tiny cross rails on a horse that won't bother jumping even that.And again all rules and restrictions.
Even what I tried to have some fun and speed up the canter all I got was shouts from my instructor "slow down!Slow down!SLOW DOWN!!!!" wtf?Who said I want to slow down?Why for once can't I enjoy a nice canter?feel the wind in my hair (under the helmet lol)?
And it would of been okay at least if I had some hopes for the future.If I could be sure that it is going to get better.But I know it won't.I mean for god's sake I see people at my barn that have been riding for 6-8 years!!
And guess what they do?Same routine, walk-trot, 5 sec canter, cross rails.~how fun~(*sarcastic*)
Really, I'm sick and tired of this.
I mean screw rules!screw safety!
What if I don't care?
What if I want to canter 5 hours straight?(I'm joking of course)
What if I wanna do a crazy speedy gallop?
What if I wanna jump a 6ft?
Not safe, not safe...this is MY safety!MINE!!what if I don't give a damn?
"But you might get hurt!"-screw it!If I get hurt this is MY problem!!Let ME worry about it!!
MY problem, MY safety!!Why do other people have to worry about MY safety?Especially it makes me laugh when people that don't give a damn about me do it.
I know some people that would love to see me fall off and get hurt, and yet they walk around with a fake face and keep telling me what I can or can't do.
This is my safety, so if it's MY decision if I want to risk it.That's all there is to it.
You'll notice that if you think too much about safety, all fun things will disappear from this world.
Basically being alive is risky.If I sit and cut food with a knife, I risk something happening and the knife slipping and stabbing myself.So what?Never eat again?never get anywhere near a knife?
When I get out of bed in the morning, I risk tripping and hitting my head and dying.So what?Never get out of bed?
Or maybe I should just cover myself with my blanket, wear a helmet and a bullet proof vest and never go out?Because it's "too risky"?Get a life people.
I can't help but remember something that one of the instructors in my barn once said...I was walking towards a horse I like to pet it after it's lesson and she said "do you know how dangerous it is to walk straight to a horse?!!they don't stop because they see you, you know."Oh really?So I can't even walk to a horse now?"it won't stop just because I'm there" yeah, not even though there's like 3 people around it holding it?no you know, a horse is just such a stupid animal that it would just see me walking towards it (especially since it likes me a lot) break through, and run right over me!!(that's me being sarcastic again...a lot of people don't seem to get my humor)
"But you can't jump a 6ft!!" -says who?Have you ever given me the chance?
Give me a chance and I'll prove it to you!I'm just asking for a CHANCE!
How can you know what I can or can't do before you even let me try?
All I'm asking for is a chance to ride free.To decide for myself when, where and how to ride.
To see for myself what I can or can't do.Is that too much to ask?
Is that so wrong?
I would pay any price, any money in the world!
10 years of riding with an instructor don't compare to 1 hour of riding free.(I'm talking about the fun here right, not the learning, stay with me.)
I spent close to 1500$ each year to take 1 hour long lessons weekly.(not including equipment, etc.)
Where I learned almost nothing, and I had even less fun.(and less than nothing is really not much lol)I would take that money now, all of it! and give it to the one person that would be kind enough to give me 1 hour to ride free.No instructors, No rules, No restrictions.(and I'm dead serious!!)
Note: I know that to all of the fancy riders out there, who care about the progress and how good they look, and the cowards who only think about safety I might sound like some weirdo kid that doesn't know what she's talking about, but 1-I'm not a kid, I'm over 18. 2-Think whatever you want, see if I care.Nobody seems to care about what I think so why should I?
