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From: ambar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Jean Marie Diaz)
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Subject: Re: Riding [control]
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 00:38:17 EDT
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Perhaps because we feel essentially powerless?  

I have been riding for several years now, and I am no stranger
to the thrill of half a ton of horse thundering along much too
fast (and me without a helmet), or seeming to take flight over
a fence, or just munching grass on a clear night while I star-
gaze.  However, I would not say that the attraction of riding
is the bending of a powerful animal to my will.  I've ridden
horses that had to be told (in a manner of speaking) exactly
what to do, and I find them boring.  I would much rather have 
a horse with a mind of its own with which to create a partner-
ship, rather than a dictatorship.  The point is not command,
but cooperation, in order to create a whole greater than the
sum of the parts.

					AMBAR
"Patience comes to those who wait for it."