52 Fridays 2012 – #9 Being A Gift To The Horsebiz

52 Fridays is an ongoing series for equestrian professionals and equine business owners and managers, with marketing and public relations stories, ideas, tips, and resources shared here each Friday.

It’s kinda funny and has become something of a pop-culture joke, but among the most perplexing questions humankind has wrassled with over the millennia are the infamous ‘who am I?’ and ‘why am I here?’ ones.

Do you ever have those moments when life trips you up and you say ‘why?!’ During those times, I work on seeing it as an opportunity. Sometimes there’s grief, consternation, anger, sadness, etc. – yes, absolutely! And then, rather than getting stuck there, I ask myself, what is the gift in this? What am I not seeing? What can I do differently?

The horse world has been going through some tremendous challenges and shifts these past few years. Some lament ‘the good old days’ and others have set about creating new ways of being and doing in the horse world. Which approach is working for you?