Insecurity is a very hard thing to get over, but I’m learning I don’t have to be insecure. About anything.
We all make mistakes in life and I’m beginning to believe that the way you deal with your own mistakes and your reaction to the mistakes of the people around you shows your character in a way that nothing else does. 
P.S. Nevermind that I learned this yesterday when I was kicked in the nose by a horse I was grooming… Strangely, I’ve been slightly proud of this — as if it’s some type of badge of honor. I just really need to sit down and figure out WHY I feel this way
P.S.S. Fortunately, my nose wasn’t broken. I did need three stitches next to my left nostril, but that’s okay. I’m a little bruised and sore today, but that’s okay too.
P.S.S.S. If you ever feel like you’re worried about too many things — past, present or future — and you just don’t know how to focus and clear your mind, a horse kick to the nose really does it for you quite quickly. Not that I recommend getting kicked in the nose, but it definitely brings you face to face with reality.
P.S.S.S.S. Natural endorphins rock. Just sayin’.
3 stitches!
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OUCH! I’m glad you’re in such a good mood about it, but that sounds painful.
(Do I even want to ask what you were doing when that happened?!)
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ah! kari! hope you’re doing well. i dislocated my left patella wednesday, so i’m your sister in pain this week. (doing super well, though!) the doc popped it right back into place and i’m up, walking and teaching, but otherwise just taking it easy for a week or so.
You know what they say . . . lead, follow or get out of the way . . . I think following proved to be a bad choice this time. ;^)
Stephen