Like success, failure is many things to people. With a positive attitude, failure can become a learning experience to get your thoughts together in order to try again. The things we learn from failure can be fundamental for later success. Personally I have experienced failure one time in my life, and I was taught multiple things that I continue to carry with me throughout my daily life.
A time where I experienced failure occurred in 2007. I was riding my horse, Cupcake. We were just doing our basic drills that I was able to do at the age of 7. About the time this incident occurred, the National Finals Rodeo was on television and all of the big cowgirls whip their horse to encourage them to go faster so they win their event. Well, I wanted to be one of those big girls. To this day, I remember this mistake …show more content…
Just outside of the arena there was a tree that was angled over so the branches draped over the side of the arena, I reached up and grabbed a switch off of the tree. While my mom had her back turned helping my brother, I decided that it was my time to shine and whip my horse, only thinking it would cause Cupcake to go faster. Little did I know, that immature decision would affect me for the rest of my life. As soon as the switch hit her, she went to bucking. She bucked about two times, the first time it was only enough to throw me out of balance, but the second time was a lot more powerful, I came out of the saddle and went straight to the ground landing on my right side. My mom ran over to me and made sure I was okay, but by the time she had gotten to me I was already in tears out of fear and pain. After I stood up, my mom looked looked at my head, my arm, my legs, my feet, and finally my hip. My hip was all scraped up from hitting the
A time where I experienced failure occurred in 2007. I was riding my horse, Cupcake. We were just doing our basic drills that I was able to do at the age of 7. About the time this incident occurred, the National Finals Rodeo was on television and all of the big cowgirls whip their horse to encourage them to go faster so they win their event. Well, I wanted to be one of those big girls. To this day, I remember this mistake …show more content…
Just outside of the arena there was a tree that was angled over so the branches draped over the side of the arena, I reached up and grabbed a switch off of the tree. While my mom had her back turned helping my brother, I decided that it was my time to shine and whip my horse, only thinking it would cause Cupcake to go faster. Little did I know, that immature decision would affect me for the rest of my life. As soon as the switch hit her, she went to bucking. She bucked about two times, the first time it was only enough to throw me out of balance, but the second time was a lot more powerful, I came out of the saddle and went straight to the ground landing on my right side. My mom ran over to me and made sure I was okay, but by the time she had gotten to me I was already in tears out of fear and pain. After I stood up, my mom looked looked at my head, my arm, my legs, my feet, and finally my hip. My hip was all scraped up from hitting the