My mother was given 3 months to live 6 years ago. Since then I have gone with her and my father on their journey through time with a much greater sence of the preciousness of each moment and way more respect for miracles. Every night I pray and honestly ask for nothing other than the continued good health of my family, friends, and animals. More then that I thank God for all the miracles- those we see and those we do not see. Especially the miracle of my good health and that of all my loved ones. And for anyone out there who doesn’t believe in miracles, just have a chat with my Mom!

I am very lucky to have my parents’ genes. They are both in their 80’s and look amazing. Still, I am, I guess, a typical gay, middle-aged man who obsesses over every line, wrinkle, and soft spot. I actually told my sports psychologist one time that I didn’t mind getting older provided I can keep looking and feeling younger. He responded that this could be a rather unrealistic and unhealthy attitude to which I replied that I disagreed. If I can afford it, why not do whatever I can to retain my youthfullness as long as possible. We laughed together because each of us were about the same age and we both knew that the truth was that we both knew that aging is unavoidable but doing everything we can to maintain our health; physically, mentally, and spiritually, is the best way to look at it. And so I remain committed to my daily workouts with my personal trainer in the gym, I maintain a healthy diet, I do my spiritual homework, and I seek the help of a specialist in anti-aging.

“What?”, you say. “A what?” I have been lucky enough to find The Wellington Institute of Wellness- a clinic which truly works from the inside out to help your body, mind, and spirit to re-find that which we all had in our youth. Seemingly unlimited energy, elastic and pain-free joints, a sound digestive track, toned muscles, and a brain that not only can remember where we left our keys two hours before, but has the youthfullness to actually desire all the finer things in life, those in and out of a bed.

Despite the fact that I have recently undergone surgery on my back, I can honestly say that the staff of the Welllington Institute of Wellness has kept me feeling better than I have in years, thus making them officially one of “Dover’s Fav’s.”

So I am actually about half way through writing my first book which is aptly named, “Words That Start With An ‘F’”. It is sort of a memoir/ anecdotal grouping of funny stories in no particular order and I am planning to publish chapters week by week. The first couple of chapters will be free and I hope you will all like them enough to pay $1.00 for every following chapter. I think that’s fair and you can all tell me what you think about each of the chapters as we’re going along. I promise to take constructive criticism and keep evolving. You can actually even help me to write one of my chapters for the book which will be called, “Famous Doverisms”. So many times over the years friends and students have said there should be a book of quotes which they say ( and sometimes I truly don’t recall it) I coined and  they have never forgotten. if you think you have one of those “unforgettable Doverisms”, please write in and tell all and if I like them I will publish them in my book. Sorry, you will not receive proceeds from it but I promise that, should “Word’s That Start With An ‘F’” become a national best seller, the profits will go to my favorite charities. How’s that?

So here’s the thing. I promise that I will be committed to the TRUTH at all times and on all subjects on this site. Whatever the subject and no matter how some of you may feel about the answers, I will not avoid telling it as I see it.

So now I’ve been retired for about a month and a half and there is still not enough time in a day to get everything done! What’s that about? Is it some inner mental thing not allowing me to feel good about just relaxing? I am very excited to be starting this website, “Doversworld.com” because it allows me to be creative in new ways that are not simply one dimesional, ie ( my horse world me). I want to explore with people everywhere all the things in my life that make me happy, sad, angry, excited and all the other feelings which come from having lived this amazing life I’ve been so blessed with.

The FEI President, HRH Princess Haya Bin Al Hussen, has asked if I will sit on an interem committee to take over the responsibilities of the present Dressage Committee. I said I would consider doing this; however, my first order of business once a truly democratic process was put in place to elect a new DC, properly made up from all stakeholders, would be to fire myself. She laughed and agreed.