BADASS: to do something you never thought you could. Includes attempting something you thought you could never do.....requires courage, focus, desire, seeking, expectation, warrior, gladiator, dragon slayer and a belief in dreams come true!
My BADASS won't look much like any other person's badass which absolutely thrills me and brings me to center. I told a friend the other day I was working on giving up competing against others and really focusing on becoming all that I can BADASS be! It is so freaking freeing!!!!! On the other hand, it seems to take some serious BADASS to actually live out!
Everywhere I look, it feels as if the "world" tries to suck me into comparing badassness. Maybe because part of my world revolves around competition with placements.....but I do love what a "mentor" once told me as I sat in first at a tough open trial. "You put down a run, the best you could for today. If somebody beats you, their run was better. But you still put down a run." BADASS.
Another friend inquired the other day about my lack of blog entries. My BADASS journey becomes a little more private when the posturing comes around. I sort that through. See, here is the deal.....YOU can live a badass life all the while I am living my own BADASS life and it does not need to detract for any other's badass life.
So there you have my thoughts for today. What makes me BADASS you might wonder? Well, Dot certainly brings forth much that I never knew I might be able to do.......it is the attempt at sorting Miss Dot that makes for BADASS. I ran her in a little ranch run the other day and saw glimmers of a relationship which makes my heart sing. I used Bella to shed off some fine wool ewes from a little mob and bring them out to work with a friend. It was hard and Bella had to really dig deep and get it done without much from me. That accomplishment with no grip, no tension and well done was serious BADASS! Who knew?! Little Nell driving and working hard for me on those same sheep that drive her to use her teeth.....BADASS.
So I keep my eyes on my journey and those who share in it. It does not matter what others think; I can't change or influence their thoughts anyway. I look ahead and make plans for what the year might bring for travel and trails and dog work. I dream of my puppy fever cure. I dig deep and work towards finding the courage to be all that I can be, pushing myself past where I thought that I might end up and finding I can go deeper all the while not comparing myself (or my dogs for that matter) to any other standard than finding the joy in being and doing things I never thought I could.
Seize the BADASS Day!!!!
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