I read the following Quote on the Eclectic Horseman website forum, and thought to myself, “wow! what a great analogy!” So here it is for your viewing, reading and digesting pleasure.
Basically the question was about a horse that only acknowledged a girl’s presence when she brought food. Now I know that alot of us have established a stronger rapport with our horses, but really…………If you keep this in the back of your mind the next time you haul Blaze out of his field after an insanely busy week or two away at work, and find yourself getting wound up at his disrespectful behavior……………..
“Do you have an acquaintance, maybe your mailman, that you like well enough, but don’t really have much in common with. He’s there to drop your mail off, but whether you talk to him or not, you know he will bring the mail. That’s the extent of your relationship.
Today he stopped by, came in the house, and said he wanted you to clean out your kitchen cupboards. Oh, and he wasn’t asking, he was telling and ready to back it up with force. And he did get you to do it, and stood there and watched you the whole time., and whacked you when he thought you weren’t cleaning fast enough.
I bet tomorrow when he pulls up, he has your full attention and focus. Maybe not in a good way!
Now think of your mare. She is alone. A lot. Now the mailman pulls up, and he has an amazingly interesting puzzle, and he asks if she might help him out with it. They have a great time, her mind is stimulated, she has some laughs with the mailman.
What do you think her reaction will be tomorrow when he pulls up?
You can put any spin on it you want. I think we need to be more in a boss type relationship, but we have all had great bosses and not so great bosses. Think about your reaction when a boss you really respected and liked walked up to you.I bet you were not bored or indifferent.
Think about a boss who changed his mind a lot, got overfly upset when you made mistakes, and never said thanks when you did a great job, and was wishy washy in his or her direction? And gave you jobs that were meaningless. Your job was to clean a mirror that was already clean. Wait, only clean the top of the mirror!! No! I mean the bottom half!!
Think about your reaction to that boss.”
Enough said………..
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