Viva Carlos Blog Hop: Why Do You Continue to Ride?

 I don't always enter Viva Carlos blog hops, but this week's question really stuck out to me so I decided to write a post about it. L wrote, "Some of us are sidelined due to physical conditions, horse injuries, finances, or even lack of a equid to throw a leg over. Why do you continue to ride?

From Viva Carlos

 As many of you know, I don't have a horse of my own, which makes it hard to progress quickly and ride more than once a week. However, in spite of that, I do not give up on this sport and I continue to ride. Why? Because I can't imagine anything better. Horses are my passion. I love riding and just being around horses more than I like to do anything else, which is something only equestrians can understand. Although this sport is anything but easy all the time, I take the good with the bad and continue to ride because we love doing it. Horses seem to make my life whole, and now that I do ride I can hardly imagine life without them. My favorite horse quote perfectly describes why I ride. You've probably heard it before, but I will share it anyways.

From Pinterest,

   "I ride to fly, to feel, to touch to breathe, to laugh, to soar, to overcome, to relax, to prove them wrong, to belong, to feel strong, to heal, to love and be loved back, to communicate without words. I ride to live." -unknown

Thank you for hosting, L. 

1.	Viva Carlos	15.	Nanakorobi yaoki
2.	Forging Fiction	16.	Wilbur, Ellie, and Emily
3.	A Horse is a Horse	17.	Fly On Over
4.	Paola	18.	Laura @ Bit by Bit
5.	Kalin	19.	DIY Rider
6.	Eventing In Color	20.	Flying Free
7.	An Optimist, a Pony, and a Pug	21.	Keep It Low Key
8.	Adventures of Jeremy	22.	Pure Horse Sense
9.	Equestrian At Hart	23.	The Walker Chronicles
10.	MN Equestrian	24.	My Examined Life
11.	All In	25.	Chasing the Sun
12.	Genny	26.	Hand Gallop
13.	Jump Pretty	27.	The Redheaded Mare
14.	She Moved to Texas	28.	I Trot On

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