Quite apart from the emotional aspect, commitment is rich in meaning. To commit is to follow through. In riding we must carefully choose an intent and commit to it. On the surface it would seem easy to understand that without commitment a horse might not take our request seriously. But what if we looked at commitment as involving energy flow? Could it possibly be that the horse might not feel our intention? Could it be that commitment is somehow connected with us physiologically through how the energy of intent flows through us to the horse?
Think about the golfer swinging a club or the baseball player up at bat. What guarantee do these people have that the next move they make will produce the outcome they had hoped for? The answer lies in their commitment(or follow through) of intent.
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