Let The Horse Have the reins.

Subject: let the horse have the reins..
"Your latest story reminded me of a story my dad told me of when he was about 8 or so, in a blizzard in eastern Idaho, on his horse, he was lost, and he remembered his dad had told him let the horse have his rein and he will go home... but dad also knew that as long as the horse had the bridle on, he was going to do what the reins told him to do
So dad had to lean forward, slip the bridle off, and meanwhile realize the horse was about to take off like a scalded ape for home, and he had to stay on for the ride or end up dead in the blizzard.He said he remembered thinking 'this horse is going to head for the barn as soon as the bridle clears the ears...and that he'd better hang on for dear life. He did, he rode, and I'm here."

K. Hatch