Unscripted || Young Professional Series

“Told you so.”

This phrase is not tactful. Is it truthful? In sooooo many situations—absolutely. But, no one likes a know-it-all and let’s be honest, no singular person knows it all. Although, there have been quite a few occasions in which I wish I could be blunt and unprofessional and spit those words out. That is not how I want to show others who I am.

You are going to feel unheard.

This is not exclusive to the horse world. Mere existing exposes you to this feeling of demand and dismiss.

Your hard earned knowledge and life experience will fall on deaf ears.

This isn’t always your fault. People are people. You are, too.

Each person you come across is fighting a battle you know nothing about; even when we are deep-seated in the lives of our clients.

As mentioned in one of my earlier blogs, You Are, trainers and riding instructors wear many different hats. Our job is to speak what we know, share experience, and hopefully guide others along a bright path.

Our word is not bible, it’s just a narrative we know all too well.

Every single person can, and will, write their own history. It is their story to tell. You are the not the main character in someone else’s.

Lucky for us, our stories get blended and braided with many unique individuals.

Our role can be to develop, to encourage, to be someone's sounding board, to cheerlead, to be a shoulder to cry on, to champion, and to teach (even if the lesson isn’t always well received.)

Through each plot twist, bash, and/or conflict, stand in your integrity.

Always speak your truth and know that it is not the only one.

We don’t get a script. There are some rock solid foundations to this sport, no two ways about it...but no two individuals have the same story.

Let yours be yours- colored with all the gorgeous ups and bitter downs that come with growing in any career.

Let your clients’ stories be their stories…regardless, it will be anyways. You can be there for it and do your best or you can exit gracefully stage left, and enter joyfully into another’s tale.

Present yourself in a respectful way. Fight well to be a noteworthy character.

As young professionals, our story is just beginning.

Fill it with splendor, grit, intelligence, dignity, humor, worth, creativity, plot twists, and an assortment of characters.

So, when you get to the curtain call and the brilliant lights magnify just before it all gets dark, the only, “told you so,” that will matter will be the one you tell yourself, after it’s all been worth it.

XO