Horses Persuasive Essay

Horses: The True VIP Have you ever felt trapped in that box that you call life, with that feeling like you can’t breathe? Where it’s dark, constant, and feels never ending or worse feels like you’ll never get out? The claustrophobia about life that you don’t realize until you are too trapped underneath the daily grind is more common that some may think. I’ve felt it myself a time or two and I’m just starting out in life. I’ve always had goals set since I was a little girl, but over time things change and it starts getting stressful. I felt ready to crumble under all the pressure, that is until my mom introduced me to the horse world. I’ve always been fascinated before, but actually owning one is a totally different experience than just meeting

We come and go into each other 's lives without thinking about the positives and negative that it will put on the heart. Where as a horse will come into your life and you’ll never forget that moment. They stay with you no matter where you go once they have touched your heart. And the best part, you never realize it until it’s too late. They’re there to last forever in your heart. It happens at the strangest of times too. For me, it was at this place I used to volunteer at. There was this one horse that I just had a wonderful connection with. He was an older horse, used to help disabled children, but it was more than that. I was brushing him, getting him ready for another day of riding, and he just looked back at me, looked into my eyes with the greatest amount of warmth and comfort, that I almost broke down crying in the stall with him. It’s like he knew I was going through a hard time after just losing my grandpa and he was letting me know it was okay. He looked not at me, but through me and welcomed all my faults. He nuzzled into me letting me know everything was going to be okay. He touched my heart that day and even though I haven’t seen him in a little over a year now I still think about him. He will forever be in my heart and he helped me through one of the hardest times in my life. Horses touch your heart at the strangest times, and when they do, it lasts

Everyone can agree that pressure gets to us, and it can hurt so bad that you’ll eventually just want to give up. I’ve been there, pressured by family, friends and school to a breaking point. Whenever I felt like this, I’d drive out to where our horses were boarded, saddle up and just ride. It’s just me and the horse, two completely different minds joining together to work as one. Something about depending on an 1100 pound animal to take your worries away is just the most calming form of relaxation. My mind on a daily basis runs a million miles a minute into several different ideas at once, but when I am on top of that horse, everything just stops and goes quite. All you hear is the birds and the breaths of your horse, all you see is land and your horses listening ears, smell fresh cut grass, feel warmth and relaxation, and best of all taste freedom. You have to mentally let go on that horse because if you don’t, if you have stress or fear in your mind, your horse will have it too. They sense what you feel, their mind focuses on you and where you want them to go, but if you are a million miles away in your own thoughts, that 's when they will lose focus and become jumpy. Trust is the hardest mindset when it comes to people but that 's all a horse is made up of. They are fight or flight animals, but under saddle they have to trust you to protect them, just as much as you