Mary Skyberg:
CLASS OF 1980
Lake Region High SchoolClass of 1980
Naples, ME
Mary's Story
Mary is from Circle, Montana. Mary is married. Mary's schools include Lake Region High School. Mary later attended Parelli Education Institute Inc. (Natural Horsemanship), Parelli Natural Horsemanship. Mary works(ed) at Prairie Travelers, Montana Health Network, Horsewithin.
Music Mary likes includes Mary Ann Kennedy Fan Page, Katie Drake. Books Mary likes include The Horse Angels, Voices of Pondicherry, Becoming Me. Movies Mary likes include The Black Stallion, Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde, War Horse Movie. TV shows Mary likes include RFD-TV, Dr. Pol, UPtv.
More about Mary:""Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion.".....Emerson
“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
Mahatma Gandhi
TO MY HORSES:
You carry me without judgment and without complaint.
You catch my tears in your thick mane.
When I feel alone, you love me.
The times I feel the most lost, you have helped me find the way home.
My deepest love I give to you and my promise to you is that you ALWAYS have a safe and loving home....it's the LEAST I can do for all you've done for me....
"Ray and Tom did what they did for love of the horse.
Their reward was the satisfaction within themselves.
They didn't have anything to prove and they didn't try to impose their will or ways on others.
They tried to share what they had learned from a lifetime of working and doing a job with the horse.
Neither one set out to do clinics; they evolved from sharing their experiences.
Today you see people that never did a job...Expand for more
with the horse, never rode outside of an arena using Tom or Rays words, but getting very little done.
The people that follow these false prophets will evolve into the same type of horse person.
We get out of life what we are willing to put into it..............choose wisely!" - Carolyn Hunt. —
Horses are a lot like water in that, inherently, they will always want to take the path of least resistance. It's a handy thing to keep in mind while working with them.
You’re not working with just a machine; you’re working with a mind. The horse is a thinking, feeling, decision-making animal and each one has a distinct personality.
But the human always acts superior. The human thinks it's smarter; it always wants to have things its way and right now. It wants to be boss.
If trouble comes up, the human turns it into a contest with the horse. But if you do that, watch out.............you just may lose." - Ray Hunt
On the last Day of the clinic; Ray gives us a farewell talk.
He is stolid and straight in the saddle and his voice is raspy from dust and fatigue.
He speaks pointedly, passionately, looking at every horse and every rider and proceeds to say - "The horse is a mirror. It goes deep into the body. When I see your horse I see you too. It shows me everything you are, everything about the horse. I try to face life for what it is. There’s heartache, but it’s a good thing. I’m trying to save the horse’s life and your life too. The human is so good at war. He knows how to fight. But making peace; boy, that’s the hardest thing for a human. But once you start giving, you won’t believe how much you get back." - Ray Hunt.
From an article titled 'Ray Hunt: The Cowboy Sage' by Gretel Ehrlich, The Shambhala Sun, July 1998.".
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