Hi everybody!
Today, we're gonna talk about something special: The First Times. I'm talking about first times, because the new Vodafone campaing in based on #first, so when they asked me to talk about something that i've never tryed before, i decided to talk about my last first experiece, and about all the emotions that a first could let into you.... enjoy the post! :)
Everybody knows: first times are always difficult.
Today, we're gonna talk about something special: The First Times. I'm talking about first times, because the new Vodafone campaing in based on #first, so when they asked me to talk about something that i've never tryed before, i decided to talk about my last first experiece, and about all the emotions that a first could let into you.... enjoy the post! :)
Everybody knows: first times are always difficult.
The unknown
always makes you lost, and most of the times the emotions of a first will get
you up, putting you in front of someone that you maybe think to know, someone who
you will know into a way in which you have never seen before: yourself.
All my
readers know, this year was really the year of my firsts, and mixed for all of those
firsts, I have done something very simple that I have never tried before: riding
a horse.
It was an
amazing experience, I was in the middle of The Italian Natural Park of Sila, and
it was an afternoon in the middle of the summer, with a perfect weather and a
so emotional sunset.
First of
all, we arrived at the riding school. It was a landscape fixed in time, away
from connection and technology, with a very very big green lawn, with quite
green hills lost in their horizon, full of peace and relax. I perfectly remember
that moment, I was looking at the location when a very tan man with a big hat asked
me if I’ve never been on an horse, and when with a confusion face I said “Ehm…no!”
he immediately takes me near a very big white horse. He said to me, “Don’t
worry girl, this is a quite horse who really wanted to enjoy you, he is called “Gioiello!”
”
I have to
admit, I was so scared, thinking about the fact that I had to go on that big
animal! My scares, was about the fact that I had to walk among something that I
couldn’t control, even if I perfectly knew that was a way in which men
travelled from always! I was totally alone with this so amazing beauty of
nature, observing his face and his eyes. Like it was a normal thing, I started
to stroke his mane and I heard myself talking with him, almost like a friend
with who I had to share an amazing experience. I felt all the adrenaline flows
in my body with an inexplicable big smile on my face.
“Put your
feet on that clasp” said the countryman, and in two second, I was really on
the horse! I can’t believe in myself, I was so scared, a lot of strange
feelings crossed myself, and I felt all of my body stuck in that position, and
just for a few seconds I closed my eyes, and in that seconds I really wanted to
get off by that wild animal and put my feet on the certain ground.
The man saw
my face and started to laugh: “Come on girl, it’s everything ok, you’re a Princess
now!” I started to laugh, because it was
very funny, but immediately I realized that true: one of my big dream of
childhood was becoming true: I was on a withe horse in the middle of the wood!
In a
minute, the funny man, took his brown horse, and started to talk about the
directory of the movements that we had to do for started the riding. It really
looked like something very natural and perfect; the man talked and I followed
his instruction, and in a minute, we were in the lawn riding toward the
horizon.
I really
fixed that moment in my mind, in my secret box of best memories; I was really
away from everybody and everything.
The best
thing was that all of the just passed moments of scare and fear, went away, and
all the adrenaline leave space to happiness and joy. I perfectly remember the
relax of that two hours: all the trees around, the sounds of the birds, the
perfect summer air, everything mixed with all the nature around, sawing my
though hanging in that atmosphere. All of this, crowned by the perfect natural rhythm
of my horse.
The afternoon
goes and in two hours, we were again into the riding school. I perfectly remember
my sadness when I said goodbye to my friend “Gioiello”, and when I went in
front of him, I felt his eyes that were saying to me: “Goodbye princess
Barbara!” Maybe it was fantasy, but on the other hand, in that afternoon I come
back child, so it was really my feelings!
I think
that a “first time” is always a good idea, and when Vodafone asked to me to
talk about a first experience, I immediately choose to talk about this.
As I said,
this year was a year full of firsts (my Africa experience, travelling alone,
going away from Europe), but I decided to talk about this, because I really think
that the firsts that you can make into the Nature, are the bests, and the
greatest that you can do! As if that were not enough, often they are really
near to your everyday life and you really can feel yourself more live than
ever.
I think
that these #first campaign by Vodafone, it’s really emotional and perfect for
our times, because people sometimes forget to make a stop and take a decision to
do something different as their usual things.
Vodafone wants
us to become more interesting, braver, but most of all more live! I’m totally
agree with this, and most of all I’m certain that if you’ll do something for
the first time, you’ll be totally agree with all of these! Make yourself at prove,
put your feelings near your limits and the results will be always full of
emotions. Just do it, put your fear away, and as a scout quote says: “Put your
heart over the obstacle and follow its run!”
Enjoy other
great #first experience from people all around the world here, and if you have
one that you wanted to share, check here!
Trust me,
firsts could change you, maybe could change your life… who knows!
So, move
from that chair and do something! You don’t have to think a lot, just answer to
this question:
“What was
the last time you did something for the first time?”
Barbara
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