I Get Discouraged...

I get discouraged by things people do and don't do, things they say and don't say... I think we all do. Today, I was discouraged by something I read on a blog that was supposed to be about horses, but turned into a religious bash. Now, don't get me wrong. I really, really love horses. But a trainer once said something to me that really stuck--she said, "It's not about horses. It's about people." I've been pondering that statement for quite awhile now. My instinctive reaction (we were talking about abusive horse practices at the time) was, "No, it really is about the horses." But I think I get what she was saying. Kind of goes back to that saying, "Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin." I think her point was that people really are more important than horses (a hard thing for me to admit), and while you can fight passionately for more enlightenment amongst horse owners, you should not get so caught up in your self-righteous indignation that you confuse your hatred for what people DO for the people themselves. That's hard. It's easier to have righteous indignation. Then it's all black and white and not shades of gray, and darn, those shades of gray are difficult and uncomfortable to deal with.

So, why is this blog called "Do Something Fun?" Because I'm a big believer in that. Otherwise, life is just too dang depressing and none of us have the energy to fight any of the good fights. So, in this situation, I shall just go out and hug my horses (I'm odd enough to think that's fun) and keep saying to myself, "Like Water Off a Duck's Back..." :)