Valerie Ormond Quotes

#1. No reason to dwell on why. We all know bullies are bullies because they have their own problems they can't deal with so they take them out on others. So let's focus on how to get your hat back.

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#2. I don't know why Rachel is the way she is, but I hope one day she will get over it. She may be hiding something none of us understand.

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#3. We've found when soldiers help other soldiers, or military members of any service, it helps them, too.

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#4. First, no other animals have the same mirroring effect as horses, meaning they will mirror humans' emotions. Second, they are not judgmental or biased. And third, they live within a social structure, heir herds, much the same as we do.

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#5. Sadie had been taking lessons for over a year, and she still learned something each and every time she rode.

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#6. I didn't suffer from PTSD, but I changed. People change in life, and not just because of war. I saw this in life before the military, and over and over again during the thirty-one years I served. We can't expect people to stay the same forever; we need to respect those changes.

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#7. He didn't seem to understand how to accept kindness.

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#8. There's a very interesting dynamic with horses and couples. With couples, the horses react most dramatically. It is amazing how they pick up on underlying tension or other issues that couples themselves don't see.

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#9. Sometimes it's easier to stay busy and distracted rather than think about things that make you sad.

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#10. But in the end, for the most part, no one wants special favors. These folks just want people like you and me to see them for the people they are, not for their diagnoses or their injuries.

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#11. Although she felt gratitude for what her teacher had done, she still couldn't bring herself to thank him for intensifying her hidden fears.

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#12. Sadie wondered if his focus on the past helped him escape the here and now.

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