Honesty & Asking for Help

A coworker gave me a bag of Dove chocolate and I've been inspired by some of the sayings wrapped inside. I'm going to try and blog a little about some of the sayings that have really gotten to me (which have been a lot).

"You can never go wrong with honesty."

With that said, I want to admit to everyone that I have a hard time asking for help. I've had this "trait" since I was very young. I do not want to inconvenience anyone. I do sometimes take for granted people's help (which is another flaw I'm working on).

But having a hard time asking for help when you rescue doesn't really work. I posted on Facebook a few very cheaply priced horses and I voiced my concern (I'm good at voicing my concern but bad with my follow through, yet another flaw). Someone asked "What do I need help with?"


Herein lies the problem. I don't know.

Well, that's only a little true. I would like help with a lot but then I would have to be a "big girl" and suck it up and ask for help! :-) Here's what I need help with: funding.

I need funds to pull horses from auctions and craigs list ads. I need funds to afford the proper care of these horses (this includes, vet bills, farrier bills, hay bills, grain bills, pasture bills, etc.). In a sense, I need sponsors for the current horses so that I can pull old horses from classifieds and auctions and give them the proper retirement they deserve. Once they are at Borderlands, I'll need these old horses sponsored.

I am joining up with Gentle Spirits and would like the opportunity to pull younger horses from auctions and use their adoption policies to home the horse. But I'll need funds to pull a horse from an auction or a classified ad.

Borderlands focuses more on older horses but I have a hard time guessing the ages of horses unless they are completely worn out. Here again, I need help. I need the moral support and possibly the horse knowledge of others at auctions and looking at horses from classified ads. I am gullible and take people at face value, which doesn't work often in the horse world.

It's the moral support that has gotten Borderlands as far as it has. But I need more moral support to step it up a notch and really do some good for the older horse (and horses in general). I have lots of ideas but no follow through. I need someone pushing me almost 100% of the time to properly motivate me to continue on even when things get though.


In a nutshell, the next time someone asks me "What do I need help with?", I guess I can respond with funds and moral support.

Here's to keeping it honest.