If you think a horse is some sort of la-de-da lux­ury, you may be right. How­ever, most horse own­ers are just nor­mal peo­ple who make sac­ri­fices in order to have one. I’m one of those people.

In this econ­omy, finances can get tight. That barn bill can be more than a small mort­gage. Hav­ing a horse is a huge deci­sion and com­mit­ment. Horses can live 20–30 years. They’re also not some­thing that you can eas­ily sell or even give-away if you can no longer afford it.

I don’t have to worry about feed­ing him every­day or muck­ing his stall. I have to worry about pay­ing for it. Believe me, some­times I ask myself is it worth it?

Yes.

On a morn­ing like today, when I really have no other expec­ta­tion except to have a nice ride, it always sur­prises me how much bet­ter the world seems after­ward. Even after hav­ing a tough ride, it’s bet­ter than a good day doing most any­thing else.

When I first started this blog, I said I would try to help make you see the sweet­ness in the lit­tle things in life. Some­times that’s hard. As I’ve admit­ted before, I can be super­fi­cial and shal­low.  I can get all caught up in celebrity wor­ship, sta­tus stuff and fash­ion mag­a­zines as much as the next Diva, maybe even more so.

Some­times I whine to my BFF that I thought I would be “more.” That I should be fur­ther along. She says “Why? Why can’t this just be enough?”

Mark your cal­en­dar, at this moment, I’ll say it’s enough. But tomor­row is another day, I’ll start whin­ing again then. For today, I’ll look at my life and be thank­ful for it’s gifts.

Is there some­thing you have or do that seems like an extrav­a­gance, but is really a neces­sity for your san­ity? Share It. I won’t judge