As I sit here in whole foods in NYC eating noodles and chicken I've begun reflecting on what makes me tick. As many of you know I am passionate about a lot of things, but one love I often don't share with others is my love for dressage.

Dressage, in it's simplest form is a type of horseback riding that is done to train a horse. But in my mind it is more of horse ballet. Rider and horse perform as one to execute a precise and calculated test while seemingly dancing effortlessly across the arena. I often find myself imagining and practicing these "tests" in the midst of a poetry slams, coaching sessions, dates and even love making. While we are that subject, I've become one with many large animals/beasts, but never an equine. This may explain my lust for larger more "powerful" beings (to phrase it delicately). However frankly, I have been disappointed with their lack of stamina and vigor. When I go to harness their power I find that I have been fooled, and that I've been riding a big clumsy mule all along.

But ohhh how I would love to have a stable full of dapple grey stallions and mares trained to do piaffes, half passes, passages, and pirouettes. This is what I am working towards. My stable of finely tuned warmbloods. I can see myself now.. riding on the beach with my mares mane blowing in the wind as she snorts and whinnies with delight. That is my passion. That is what I fall asleep thinking about and also what gets me up and motivated to do my very best every day. I don't think it is too much to ask for.

Does anyone share this or a similar passion?