Tough?

'Twas the day before thanksgiving, and it was pouring down rain... anyways my horse barn was half flooded and I had to get the water out, it's not healthy for horses to stand in water it softens their hooves. So I went to Rural King to get pelleted bedding (sawdust compressed into pellets that when moistend expand into fluffy bedding). I bought 12 forty pound bags (about 480 pounds total). I had to cart it out myself and on my way out the bell ringer looked at me and said "Your doing that all by yourself?" and I said "yeah" then he said "You sure are tough." That got me thinking about how tough horsepeople have to be. We have to be able to find a way to move things much larger than ourselves, get the respect and trust from a large animal, give up things that are important such as; family, friends, relationships, sports, vacations, freetime... that list never ends. I had never really given any thought as to how tough a horseperson has to be to get by in life.