My past two blogs have been about Phlame , and this one is too. I have always been one to say that everything happens for a reason. There is always a lesson to be learned if are hearts are open and our pride does not get in the way. I do not want to just go on and not remember what happened and why it happened.
I have looked at the events of the Mountain Mettle Ride and analyzed , scrutinized, and theorized, and that is all well and good. But truth is truth. The truth is this and only this, I knew what I needed to do and I did not do it. When Phlame was " not right" I needed to stop, and I did not stop. The spirit, my gut , my intuition , what ever you want to call it, was yelling in my ear and I did not listen. I let myself be swayed by other feelings and emotions. I not only did a disservice to my horse , but to my friend Lynn who was riding with me, by not setting the proper example, and I was also untrue to myself. I have been in similar situations on rides before, why was this time different, maybe I had a lesson to learn. God in all his tender mercies watched over my horse, when I did not, and blessed us both. I have no way of knowing what may or may not have happened if I had acted on my intuition, but I had set a standard for myself and I was not true to it.
In the Old Testament people would change their names when they had a mighty change of heart or had made a covenant with God. Abram became Abraham, Simon became Peter, Saul became Paul. My daughter in-law is from Tonga, people there will often change their names when they have had a life changing or spiritual experience. I would like to remember, and make a promise to my self, that I will remain true to myself and others. I hope I understand now and maybe there is more learning to come. But as a bench mark I am going to change a name to help me remember...XDimond Phlame has become Flame of Truth.
Life is an endurace ride is it not.
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