Falling with grace

I fell off my horse the other day, its not the first time that I have hit the deck, I consider it to be an occupational hazard of the sport of equestrianism. The horse I was riding this time is an ex racehorse and he is quite 'sharp' as many thoroughbred types are at times. I have stayed on for even the most extreme of his spooking antics however for some reason this time I suddenly found myself on the ground, seeing stars with my shoulder taking the brunt of the impact! Ouch!!

So what's my point? I was laughing about the fall with a friend later in the evening and they asked me, was it the horses fault or yours? A seemingly innocent question, however it was pivotal in me examining whether I was at cause or effect when riding......Clearly if it was the horses fault by spooking, I have to be on the effect side of the equation, and I have no choice other than to accept that horses spook and people fall off = no options.

If I put myself back at cause by saying that I fell off I now have the choice of taking action as a result of the event.  I have options to change things in order to stay on the horse in future, by improving my seat by riding without stirrups for example.

So where are you in life, at cause or effect? Do you have results or reasons Excuses for not getting results?  
Get yourself back at cause and give yourself some choices.

Go well,

Mark.