"Stretch. Challenge yourself. Get out of your comfort zone. Come on, it's horses and riding. Things go wrong, and as long as they're not so wrong that you're going to get hurt or your horse is going to suffer, the time something goes wrong can be the time you learn the most."

-- Jeff Cook, Practical Horseman, May 2006

Although we may not like being faced with "problems" specifically when our physical safety feels comprimised, but it is a part of what needs to take place in order to become an effective horseback rider. Be brave and move forward with what makes your heart soar.