The first quote really affected me because it's true, if you don't make your practice perfect you won't get any better. This has caused me to rethink my training approach and I think that it has been a really good thing. The second one really motivates me because it tells you that your dreams really are within reach, you just have to work for them and if things don't turn out just as you had planned you just have to roll with the flow and know that everything has a season and a purpose.
I am big into things that inspire me and give me hope, so here are a few thoughts, songs and movies that really inspire me.
'Stronger' by Kanye West. This song relly pumps me up, I like to listen to it before competitions and whenever I am feeling down, it just helps me to remember that nothing is impossible and it reminds me that I will always achieve my dreams if I work for them.
The next thing is thoughts. When I think about standing on that podium and riding around that victory lap and representing my country I can hardly explain the feeling that that gives me.
Visual things also provide me with great enjoyment. Here are a few links to thins that really inspire me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoOF0lQf0D4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afEM9bMnEbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8WcF_ksxb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ISDdAvgAw
Above is ma riding Kiona at the Abbe Ranch eventing Clinic in May 2009
This is ma riding Kiona to my first novice fence ever, (I swear it was a prelim fence in disguise! =]) Standing is my instructor Tom Ordway.
