Amen!

"Let's be perfectly honest with ourselves. When you finish your ride and get down from the saddle, it isn't the people who watched you ride or the officials at some event who have the right to judge you. The real thing that matters, the true judge of your ability as a horseman is standing next to you. It is the horse who will tell you by his expression, his body, and the look in his eye if you helped him, if you showed him how he can be better and if you have a partner in this dance." ~ John Saint Ryan