What do you do when you discover that the horse that you are riding on is dead? Admittedly, we are privileged to live in a time when the horse is no longer the primary mode of transport. However, there was a time when the horse was more than just a mode of transport. To the soldier it was an instrument of war, and he who had the strongest and the fastest had the strategic advantage. To the tradesmen it was an economic tool, and to the traveller it was a vehicle. The horse therefore occupied a very special place in human enterprises. And most people regarded it fondly.
The Dakota Indians of North America had a proverb. It reads, "If you discover that the horse that you are riding on is dead, the best strategy is to dismount." Let us be bold and ask you two questions. First, which dead horses are you riding? Second, what are you doing now that it has come to your attention that the horse on which you have been riding is dead, stone dead?
