Life
Lesson
18 / Sport and Trail Magazine
BARBRA SCHULTE
TWO FOR ONE
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Learning, studying and applying the skills of calmness, confidence and focus at will, absolutely connected me to my horses, and to the best of me. Those practices connected me to my heart in terms of my dreams, and gifts, and living from there.
Learning those skills of energy management, goal setting, oh, so many things, became my personal passion to apply them to me, apply them to my training and showing, and share them with others.
What a life lesson … I’m so grateful.
The second lesson I’m sneaking in here is simple, yet profound because it is so simple.
First a little story. When my Mom passed on, one of the treasures I was fortunate to receive was a poem, laminated in true Catholic holy card style. Here it is. Mom must’ve read it often because it was with her cherished prayer cards and books.
Now, it’s the place holder in my daily journal, and it never fails to move me. Here’s a portion of the poem, the name is “Don’t Quit”.
When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest, if you must … but don’t you quit
Many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out
And you never can tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far
So, stick to the fight when you’re the hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Thanks, Mom for perhaps the greatest life lesson of all.
These two lessons are truly woven together.
Learn and practice, and apply the tools of high positive energy … and apply those practices to something you love with all of your heart, in our case with our beloved horses, and don’t you quit.
That’s what I’ve got for you today. Two life lessons for the price of one.
Barbra Schulte is a Professional Cutting Horse Trainer, Personal Performance Coach, Author, Clinician, and Equine Consultant.
eing trained in world-class personal performance skills and applying them to my riding, and to my life, has absolutely determined so much of the course of my life.
Learning, studying and applying the skills of calmness, confidence and focus at will, absolutely connected me to my horses, and to the best of me. Those practices connected me to my heart in terms of my dreams, and gifts, and living from there.
Barbra Schulte is a Professional Cutting Horse Trainer, Personal Performance Coach, Author, Clinician, and Equine Consultant.
Barbra has been involved with horses her entire life. Beginning in early childhood and continuing through college, she helped market and show many of her family’s 500 head of horses. She competed in western pleasure, reining, horsemanship, and cutting.
In 2000, Barbra was awarded the prestigious National Female Equestrian of the Year Award given by the American Quarter Horse Association in conjunction with the Women’s Sports Foundation. This honor recognized outstanding performance and leadership in a female equestrian. Candidates for the award spanned across all disciplines recognized by the American Quarter Horse Association.
In 2012 Barbra was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, one of the most prestigious honors possible for women equestrians. She was honored for all of her outstanding career accomplishments.
Today, Barbra continues to train and show cutting horses. At the same time, she is expanding her education business by continually providing new online and live informational training for riders of all disciplines (regarding mental and emotional skills) and cutting horse
enthusiasts. www.barbraschulte.com