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In general, animals can teach all of us a lesson or two and, according to G.P at Fish Creek House, we should all listen to our horses.  Don’t have a horse?  G.P. will gladly fill you in on some of Pickin’s fine sense (Pickin is the Fish Creek House horse). 

Horse sense knows that emotions are.  That’s it; emotions are now, always have been, and always will be part of our lives.  They’re not weaknesses, they’re not forces to dispel.  Our emotions are things to celebrate, understand, and feel and how we deal with them dictates much of our paths in life. 

Great leaders accept their feelings and allow themselves to feel their feelings fully. That’s right! They allow themselves to feel their fear in all its intensity. – G.P., Leading with your Emotions, INNside Innkeeping at the Fish Creek House

If we want to lead, particularly if we want to be the leaders of our lives, we need to honor our emotions and consciously and maturely respond to them.  Children, on the other hand, react; children aren’t the leaders we try to emulate. 

Oh?  What does the horse have to do with this post?  Not a heck of a lot, but G.P.s thoughts on emotions are extremely relevant to the general atmosphere of this blog.