Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to header Skip to footer

GLIMPSES OF GRACE

THE RIDING LESSON

From the June 2009 issue of The Christian Science Journal


MY RIDING INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT HAPPY. I'd been trotting my horse, Belle, on a circle in the grass, and she'd been poking her nose up and looking around, blatantly ignoring my cues. When I'd taken a firmer approach, the horse had stiffened, resisting what she was being asked to do.

"Shorten those reins," my instructor, Monica, said with an edge to her voice. I did so, firmly connecting with Belle's mouth. But it didn't make much of a difference.

"Shorter!" Monica ordered. "She has to learn to submit!"