“Love is stronger than death even though it can’t stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can’t separate people from love. It can’t take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.”
–Anonymous
- As much as no one wants to think about this, death is a part of life. Everyday I open the paper and every other article has something to do with some loss of life or something else similar to this. It’s digusting. But death is an inevitable part of life. And to an equestrian, nothing will seem as devastating as the death of one’s equine partner. While I have not witnessed the passing of any of my equine partners (yet), I can imagine that others in the community have. And with all the unwanted horses out there nowadays, deaths of these beautiful animals are going to be faced everyday.
- But as equestrians, it is part of our life to love horses. We love them in a way that a day cannot go by without thinking of them, without wanting to incorporate them in same small way into our days….we just love them. So for this, I offer this comfort: love conquers all, even death. When death succumbs our friends, by means of abuse, slaughter, or natural causes, our love will find them peace. If you know a friend who needs to surrender their equine friend, or maybe you need to yourself. Know that the love that we all feel will find them comfort and peace.
Lesson Learned: Love your equine partner like today was his/her last day alive. Think about that.
