As you get older what is the most important thing you have learnt

[Stiff Knees]

Repay your parents, in their old age, with the same love and respect they showed you as a child. I have never loved my parents more than I do now. 😍

 

[Tonto_]

Listen to what the horse is saying and don't just assume it's being naughty

 

[Spottyappy]

This quote sums it up for me, pretty well.
Mahatma Ghandi-
Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.

 

[mini_b]

You’re not fat - you HAVE fat

Actually being aware that you know less than you think you do.... I think that’s all teenagers for you and I’m glad I can profess my ignorance as It makes me open to learning.

your animals are not deliberately trying to p*ss you off

don’t dwell and just crack on. I’m a perfectionist and it has stopped me doing anything rather than trying SOMETHING.

clichéd but... love many, trust few, do no wrong/harm to anyone.

being young you make mistakes and kind of crash through life, (well I did) id glad I’ve been able to reflect and improve.

 

[mini_b]

Repay your parents, in their old age, with the same love and respect they showed you as a child. I have never loved my parents more than I do now. 😍

me too ❤️

 

[still standing]

If i'm undecided about doing something, I've learned that imagining myself further in the future looking back, helps to make the decision. I ask myself, will I be sorry if I didn't do it.

 

[Suechoccy]

Enjoy each moment

 

[MrsMozart]

That I don't bounce as well as I used to.

Nor can I run through mud.

A bloody good Thermos is worth its weight in gold.

A ploddy ned is no bad thing.

One can still have a twinkle in one's eye despite advanced years, and a good gallop can still make one's heart sing.

 

[Sussexbythesea]

"This too shall pass", as well as much of what others have said.

This is what I was going to say. No matter how bad things seem it nearly always passes and it gets better again. When I was young I didn’t know that.

 

[meleeka]

Make time for yourself.

Try to be nice to everyone. Everyone has their own shit to deal with.

Listen to your gut.

 

[vmac66]

Treat people how you would like them to treat you.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

Listen to your horse (and your dog).

 

[cauda equina]

Try to think the best of people

If someone is an arse to me I tell myself that it could be for any number of reasons (they've had a row at home, pranged the car or whatever and that I shouldn't take it personally

 

[dogatemysalad]

Righty tight, lefty loosen.

Embarrassingly, I didn't know that until I was 55 yrs old. Would have saved so much time over the years.

 

[Red-1]

Enjoy yourself, it may be later than you think.








Or, it may not, in which case at least you got to enjoy yourself!

 

[babymare]

It costs nothing to be nice.

 

[HeyMich]

My favorite motto:

Overprepare, then go with the flow.

It works for home life, meetings at work, stable management, holidays. ...

 

[Jellymoon]

that everyone (else) is not an expert!
It’s ALL about self belief!
Once you show a chink or weakness or self-doubt horse people will swoop in like vultures and take over your life.
Trust your gut feeling.
You know your own horse.
Each one is an individual, you can’t force them to enjoy doing dressage /jumping/whatever just because you do.
That if you ask a vet to find something wrong with your horse, they will find it and it will cost you thousands to be told you have a broken horse when it probably wasn’t even that broken in the first place and a change of career or management would have meant a happy life together or with someone else.
That there are other people out there who can love and care for your horse as well or even better than you can, but be very careful to find them before parting.
Oh yes, and finally, being a one horse owner is bloody miserable, too much emotion and happiness invested in that one poor creature, better to have several!!

 

[Jellymoon]

Oh, and ‘read the question’ as I just failed to register it was only one thing the OP was asking for!!

 

[meleeka]

Oh yes, and finally, being a one horse owner is bloody miserable, too much emotion and happiness invested in that one poor creature, better to have several!!

Love this. I feel justified in having my little herd now. 😀

 

[dorsetladette]

no matter how much it hurts you have to let your children learn for themselves - you can't do it all for them.

 

[SadKen]

Despite thinking I was quite a good rider as a child/teenager, I actually can't ride one side of 95% of horses available today.

(this hasn't stopped me hankering after a beautiful 5yo ID which is currently being advertised, which is UTTERLY UNSUITABLE for me by any stretch of the imagination).

 

[oldie48]

Be kind, it's the cheapest way of making a difference

 

[Keith_Beef]

My favorite motto:

Overprepare, then go with the flow.

It works for home life, meetings at work, stable management, holidays. ...

It's similar to "Si vis pacem, para bellum", "if you want peace, then prepare for war".

 

[southerncomfort]

That no matter how bad things seem their is almost always a solution. It may not be immediately obvious, and it often requires you to take a step back and give yourself time and space to think it through, but their will be a way through.

To forgive quickly. Holding on to grudges and bad feelings can make you very unhappy. Better to draw a line under it and move on.

My motto in life is: one foot in front of the other. If you're moving you're winning however slow progress might seem.

 

[scats]

It costs nothing to be kind.

 

[Reacher]

I'll let you know when I've finally accepted that I'm getting older.

This, and I’ll let you know when I’m a grown-up!

 

[tristar]

"This too shall pass", as well as much of what others have said.

old arab saying all things shall come to pass

 

[twofatladies88]

Agree with all the comments - an inspiring thread. Life can be short and we just don't know what is around the corner.

 

[tristar]

yeah, got a problem, want to know where to get something,? well ask on horse and hound.

that the best thing in is the world is sitting on a great horse in the morning, with sun on your face, and thinking, this is the place of happiness