what goes around comes around

paso_lover · 08-11-2008, 08:39 AM

As the majority of you know I am a very generouse and giving person when it comes to my boarders/former boarders and you also know I have been lately

on by some of them too.

I have not learned my lesson on to stop giving. Still I go out of my way leaving things open for disaster. My latest bout of giving involves the young lady that trained Reyna for me and saved me a bundle fo cash so I dropped the price of my big black guelding $1500 so she could afford him. Since her little sister has been coming around more, she and Kenya have become great little friends (they both are big tomboys and hate girly things). She too is far into horses. Well one day at the farm she went to, the horse that she played with came up for sale but needed to be out the next day. They missed out on him

but got it their minds that it was time for her to have her own.

I have helped them look and have taken the all over looking at ponies (she wants a pony cuz that's what Kenya has

) with one being an hour away. She comes here in 7 more sleeps

. She was such a great deal and perfect horse for her that I gave back the lease money for the guelding (I have agreed to take him off the market and lease him till they sell their house).

These poeple are just like me and Andre, give give give and for the most part are too

on and cuz I have been so kind with their eldest for the past 2 yrs and with all the help these past couple of months they have decided to repay us in a way I could NEVER have imagined.

As you know we have been renovating the farm for 3 yrs now and with the deaths of Andre's parents withing 54 weeks of each other and the cost of losing Quilla, we have not had the time to look at anything major. These folks are as honest as honest gets and with the pending sale of Shadow, the eldest wanted a stall door since he's pretty herd bound and will not stand still in his stall (I have stall guards) and with the one horse last spring almost slicing her throat when left alone in the barn, no horse is to be left alone anymore. Her dad made her one.

Another boarder so happened to be here when the door was put up and asked her dad if he could make her one too, he couldn't say no. Then mom said Kenya should have one too for Maya, then with the new pony coming the youngest needs one too cuz it's not fair for 1 sister to have 1 and not the other. She then says to her husband " well the barn will look stupid with 4 new doors you might as well make doors for all the stalls"

. I LOVE her

.

So last week as he was finishing up with Kenyas door, he took measurements of the other openings and they noticed that the back wall was buckeling and is starting to cave in

, he reinforced it and as he was doing that he sees another issue, the ceiling wasn't built properly (the guy skimped out majorly). Dad was raised a farm life so he knows what a barn is suppost to be like and ours is BAD. He works as a roofer and all the left over materials going to the dump he takes home and he just so happens to have some massive beams from a school they took down and will be putting those up real soon.

2 days ago Andre and I actually went out and while we were gone they came over and put up a back door to my barn

since a horse here had busted it down 2 yrs ago and after all this is done he is going to put up the wood we bought 2 yrs ago that is to go onto the walls on the inside of the place.

You know how this all really started?? Andre had asked him if he had any left over materials from roofing so we could save thousands on a new roof now as this one can not wait any longer. 3 guesses who's offered to do the job with him and the first 2 don't count

Texas Paints N Arabs · 08-11-2008, 09:34 AM

That is awesome. I too believe that what comes around goes around. It aggravates my husband as to the things I do but I treat everyone the way I want to be treated. Eventually it pays off, it isn't always about money either, just a nice simple thank you is so rewarding! Got any pics of before and now after?

Freedomnchrist · 08-11-2008, 09:36 AM

Ah man...I was looking for pictures!

paso_lover · 08-11-2008, 01:58 PM

Don't worry I'll post but only once he's done

blueberry · 08-12-2008, 09:00 AM

I am so glad to see someone who deserves good treatment finally get it. You should still have a huge harvest of good coming from all the nice things you do for others.

Freedomnchrist · 08-12-2008, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueberry

I am so glad to see someone who deserves good treatment finally get it. You should still have a huge harvest of good coming from all the nice things you do for others.

I agree.

pvf · 08-12-2008, 09:22 AM

I'm so glad that you are getting paid back for all of the wonderful things that you do for people. Yes, sometimes there are bad apples in the bunch that walk all over someone and treat them like garbage.. But, sometime when your least expecting it.. you get rewarded for being so kind and giving to others..

And defently want pictures.. you should take some before and after shots.. then you could do a scrap book and use that for new boarders coming in.. dedicate it to the family that is really helping you guys out. Makes the barn seem like one big family!!

thumpersgirl · 08-12-2008, 09:54 AM

So glad to hear that something good is coming from all the good you have done. You sure do deserve it!!

Carri · 08-12-2008, 11:56 AM

That is so wonderful! You are being rewarded for being so kind to them, and to everyone else. You are good people, and so are your friends!

Crookedblaze · 08-12-2008, 12:02 PM

That really touches my heart. It is so good to know that your good deeds don't go unnoticed, and what a wonderful man for repaying you for everything that you did.

I was raised Buddhist (that's what you get for growing up in Berkeley :-P) but I strongly believe in karma, that every good vibe that you put out, one will come back.

GreyDot · 08-12-2008, 12:19 PM

How kind of them to do that! You're good people. And good people do, eventually, get the good that's coming to them. I'm so glad things have worked out so well for you guys!

crittermom · 08-12-2008, 01:49 PM

I'm happy for you. I truly believe in that motto.

tallyho · 08-12-2008, 06:17 PM

And it's stuff like that that KEEPS good folk doing good things! So glad for you. Sometimes it feels like it takes forever for your good works to come to fruition, but when it does, BAM!, it's a good one. Congrats. And yes, we will need pics.

Slim Pikkens · 08-17-2008, 07:27 PM

For years I struggled to follow the golden rule. But so often it seemed if it weren't for all my bad luck I wouldn't have any at all. Then about 5 years ago it all changed and my head is still swimming over the generosity other people have extended me. I find myself using the term Thank you a lot these days. My new boarder, a woman, always arrives with "show me the work that needs doing".

08-11-2008, 08:39 AM
paso_lover Seasoned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sudbury Ontario Canada Posts: 4,465	what goes around comes around As the majority of you know I am a very generouse and giving person when it comes to my boarders/former boarders and you also know I have been lately on by some of them too. I have not learned my lesson on to stop giving. Still I go out of my way leaving things open for disaster. My latest bout of giving involves the young lady that trained Reyna for me and saved me a bundle fo cash so I dropped the price of my big black guelding $1500 so she could afford him. Since her little sister has been coming around more, she and Kenya have become great little friends (they both are big tomboys and hate girly things). She too is far into horses. Well one day at the farm she went to, the horse that she played with came up for sale but needed to be out the next day. They missed out on him but got it their minds that it was time for her to have her own. I have helped them look and have taken the all over looking at ponies (she wants a pony cuz that's what Kenya has) with one being an hour away. She comes here in 7 more sleeps . She was such a great deal and perfect horse for her that I gave back the lease money for the guelding (I have agreed to take him off the market and lease him till they sell their house). These poeple are just like me and Andre, give give give and for the most part are too on and cuz I have been so kind with their eldest for the past 2 yrs and with all the help these past couple of months they have decided to repay us in a way I could NEVER have imagined. As you know we have been renovating the farm for 3 yrs now and with the deaths of Andre's parents withing 54 weeks of each other and the cost of losing Quilla, we have not had the time to look at anything major. These folks are as honest as honest gets and with the pending sale of Shadow, the eldest wanted a stall door since he's pretty herd bound and will not stand still in his stall (I have stall guards) and with the one horse last spring almost slicing her throat when left alone in the barn, no horse is to be left alone anymore. Her dad made her one. Another boarder so happened to be here when the door was put up and asked her dad if he could make her one too, he couldn't say no. Then mom said Kenya should have one too for Maya, then with the new pony coming the youngest needs one too cuz it's not fair for 1 sister to have 1 and not the other. She then says to her husband " well the barn will look stupid with 4 new doors you might as well make doors for all the stalls" . I LOVE her . So last week as he was finishing up with Kenyas door, he took measurements of the other openings and they noticed that the back wall was buckeling and is starting to cave in , he reinforced it and as he was doing that he sees another issue, the ceiling wasn't built properly (the guy skimped out majorly). Dad was raised a farm life so he knows what a barn is suppost to be like and ours is BAD. He works as a roofer and all the left over materials going to the dump he takes home and he just so happens to have some massive beams from a school they took down and will be putting those up real soon. 2 days ago Andre and I actually went out and while we were gone they came over and put up a back door to my barn since a horse here had busted it down 2 yrs ago and after all this is done he is going to put up the wood we bought 2 yrs ago that is to go onto the walls on the inside of the place. You know how this all really started?? Andre had asked him if he had any left over materials from roofing so we could save thousands on a new roof now as this one can not wait any longer. 3 guesses who's offered to do the job with him and the first 2 don't count __________________ "I wish I was half the rider she thinks she is" \"Some people feel compelled to cut off the heads of others in order to make themselves appear taller\" ---Paramahansa Yoginanda

08-11-2008, 09:34 AM
Texas Paints N Arabs Long Yearling Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,169	That is awesome. I too believe that what comes around goes around. It aggravates my husband as to the things I do but I treat everyone the way I want to be treated. Eventually it pays off, it isn't always about money either, just a nice simple thank you is so rewarding! Got any pics of before and now after? __________________ Horses help take us to a place which we cannot reach by ourselves

08-11-2008, 09:36 AM
Freedomnchrist Greenbroke Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,312	Ah man...I was looking for pictures!

08-11-2008, 01:58 PM
paso_lover Seasoned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sudbury Ontario Canada Posts: 4,465	Don't worry I'll post but only once he's done __________________ "I wish I was half the rider she thinks she is" \"Some people feel compelled to cut off the heads of others in order to make themselves appear taller\" ---Paramahansa Yoginanda

08-12-2008, 09:00 AM
blueberry Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: great lakes area Posts: 748	I am so glad to see someone who deserves good treatment finally get it. You should still have a huge harvest of good coming from all the nice things you do for others. __________________ Proud horse mom to: Genie the beauty queenie (3yo QH) Tess the best (5yo QH) "To err is human, to forgive is equine"

08-12-2008, 09:22 AM
pvf Regional Forums Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,420	I'm so glad that you are getting paid back for all of the wonderful things that you do for people. Yes, sometimes there are bad apples in the bunch that walk all over someone and treat them like garbage.. But, sometime when your least expecting it.. you get rewarded for being so kind and giving to others.. And defently want pictures.. you should take some before and after shots.. then you could do a scrap book and use that for new boarders coming in.. dedicate it to the family that is really helping you guys out. Makes the barn seem like one big family!! __________________ www.prairieviewfarms.net Raising Reg. Paints and Quarter horses

08-12-2008, 09:54 AM
thumpersgirl Greenbroke Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,380	So glad to hear that something good is coming from all the good you have done. You sure do deserve it!! __________________ Some people are like Slinkies; they're good for nothing, but make you smile when you push them down a long flight of stairs.

08-12-2008, 11:56 AM
Carri Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 9,975	That is so wonderful! You are being rewarded for being so kind to them, and to everyone else. You are good people, and so are your friends! __________________

08-12-2008, 12:02 PM
Crookedblaze Started Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,360	That really touches my heart. It is so good to know that your good deeds don't go unnoticed, and what a wonderful man for repaying you for everything that you did. I was raised Buddhist (that's what you get for growing up in Berkeley :-P) but I strongly believe in karma, that every good vibe that you put out, one will come back. __________________ Owned by Rocketman, a 17 year old AQHA and Stormy, a 10 year old Peruvian Paso x Arab

08-12-2008, 12:19 PM
GreyDot Started Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Between AZ and OH Posts: 2,272	How kind of them to do that! You're good people. And good people do, eventually, get the good that's coming to them. I'm so glad things have worked out so well for you guys! __________________ ...There is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled. ~William Cavendish Stuipid CAN be fixed... you just have to hit it hard enough! ~A rare moment of inspiration

08-12-2008, 01:49 PM
crittermom Started Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,477	I'm happy for you. I truly believe in that motto. __________________ Peace!! I wish the people of the world could get along as well as the animals in my backyard.

08-12-2008, 06:17 PM
tallyho Long Yearling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Trappe, PA Posts: 1,105	And it's stuff like that that KEEPS good folk doing good things! So glad for you. Sometimes it feels like it takes forever for your good works to come to fruition, but when it does, BAM!, it's a good one. Congrats. And yes, we will need pics.

08-17-2008, 07:27 PM
Slim Pikkens Started Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,936	For years I struggled to follow the golden rule. But so often it seemed if it weren't for all my bad luck I wouldn't have any at all. Then about 5 years ago it all changed and my head is still swimming over the generosity other people have extended me. I find myself using the term Thank you a lot these days. My new boarder, a woman, always arrives with "show me the work that needs doing".