How to co-empower your leaders to lead with compassion

I ride bareback through the wood, lightly touching my legs upon my horse’s bloated belly and not holding her rein. We walk alone together in contemplation upon a trail, meandering, enjoying the smell of fir trees, pine and maples. The air is crisp and fresh, alive and cool, despite the summer’s mid-day.Thunder—a malapropos sorrel—who long ago as a young horse was over broke, her spirit busted—is mine and I appreciate her broken past. She repays me her trust. To every little touch of leg or lift of rein, she quietly responds. If ever I need another to ride her though, they suffer together. The rider beats and beats upon her and she responds with an ever slower pace. What stubborn endurance she demonstrates—what control—she refuses to submit. And yet with me, she is as if we are one to the other, the same, mind readers, obedient to some inner call of flying soulmate Pegasus. Riding with others, we fly over logs laid across the trail and speed along keeping up with ease with my older sister’s lead horse, Dynamite. Thunder doesn’t lead, but then again neither do I, content as we are to follow: fast enough to keep close pace and not so fast as to threaten. We have a mind of our own. Learn more: MJOrr.com