Sometimes the horses elicit people’s darker side, the under-layers of their fears, their need for control, their rage, their sorrow.  When this happens, it is like being kicked by a horse, it feels sudden, inexplicable, without reason.  Horses always show us the need for balance, and the ways  we have fallen out of harmony.  You don’t have to ride to find this out.  Walk by a paddock, and they will show you your emotions like a funhouse mirror.  Stand with them and they will show you your heart, beat by beat.