In the Moment

Have you ever just realized, smack dab in the middle of something amazing, that you were "in the moment?"

Last night that happened, in the most glorious way.

I was working with Zoom, we were doing short courses and really looking at our contacts. The A-frame has been really a weak point in our Standard class times, and it is costing us course time. I am looking into going back to a running frame again by the way.

As of now, I have really been trying to get any sort of speed over the frame. Our last sequence we were completing happened to end up in a much more speedy frame behavior. Amongst all the people that were watching, I acted like a total fool. This in itself is hard for me as, believe it or not, I am so shy and scared of doing anything in front of anyone. It did not matter, it was me and Zoom, and in that moment I felt it. I was in the moment that I was striving for. I felt the drive, I felt a success between he and I, and nothing could take that away. We both seized the moment without looking back.

I erupted in a complete ludicrous celebration that was not very quiet. It was fun. It was in the moment when that one thing mattered and it was great. The moment is awesome.

I hope every trainer at some point, feels the in the moment when it is not in a competition. It is so much more wholesome and real.

The high of a great session, running my dog who loves me, and being able to enjoy something so much was amazing.

It makes me wanting to have students again, to push others to do their best, to see them succeed, to help them when they don't, and to be more nervous than they are at their first show. Most of all, I want to see them in the moment.

I want to train more, I want to bring out the best in me and all the dogs I work with. I want to help others do the same.

What are stories of your in the moment times?