A HORSES PRAYER
Feed me, water
me and care for me.
When my days work is done provide me with
shelter, a clean dry bed,
and a stall wide enough to lie down in
comfort.
Talk to me, your voice often means as much to me as the
reins.
Pet me sometimes, that I may serve you the more gladly and
learn to love you.
Do not jerk the reins and do not whip me
when going up hill.
Never strike, beat or kick me when I do not
understand what you mean,
but give me a chance to understand.
Watch me and if I fail to do your bidding,
see if something is wrong with my harness
or my feet.
Examine my teeth when I do not eat. I may have
an ulcerated tooth that is very painful.
Do not tie my head in
unnatural positions,
or take away my best defense against flies
by cutting off my tail.
(I don't take away your mosquito
curtains.)
Don't smoke in my barn or leave me tied overnight
and
perhaps burn me to death while you are sleeping in your
comfortable bed.
And last, my master when my strength is
gone,
do not turn me out in a pasture with no shelter and let me
freeze to death,
or sell me to some cruel owner to be slowly
starved or worked to death.
Take my life in the kindest way, and
your God will reward you - hereafter.
~ Author Unknown
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Our friends give us so much, is it really so much to ask?
"
There is something about the outside of a horse, that is good for
the inside of a man. "
Sir Winston
Churchill