No way around it.....dang it

I know its difficult to see the similarities between roping steers and ballroom dancing, but I can attest that their is not much difference in the skill, physicality, or emotional highs and lows that one experiences when you take your craft out of the class room and put it in front of your fellow peers and total strangers to see. When you use that as a barometer of your learning it can be quite humbling.

In ballroom dance and team roping the similarities can be very similar in that your body must be able to multi-task at a seconds notice and legs,torso,hands and feet must be able to adjust on the fly all the while your eyes and brain need to be in sink with your current surroundings to avoid wrecks, and awkward situations. Mastering the art of maintaining your partner in a controlled manner be it horse or dance partner to me is one of the biggest challenges. Just about the time that you think you have it down pat, you take your horse to town to show off what you have learned only to get bucked off in front of your friends. I know that is the quickest way to measure where you are at in the learning process but sometimes it really sucks. Especially when you think your game was solid. You spend hours and hours training and thousands of dollars in the process only to find out that the learning has just begun. It's good, it's cool,....I have been down this road before, it's just that you hope this time you can skip this step in the process. Ain't going to happen this time either but it's always good to think so.

How's the old saying go......sing like no one can hear, dance like no one is watching, and love like you have never been hurt. Bodes well this time.