Howdy Friends! Over the years, I’ve met and worked with horses who taught me many things: their emotions, their joys, their sadness and their spirit. Including the big horses on the farm I’d been dumped off on as a child, discarded like an unwanted cat.
A Dog Named SaturdayIf we listen, our horses will teach us about patience, kindness and humbleness. They’ll introduce us to beauty, connection and responsibility.
I was about 10, sitting with the horses one of the first nights on that farm. I didn’t have any tears, hope or dreams left. As I sat huddled in the corner of their stall, today more than half a century later, I remember that moment as the first time I ever felt safe. I didn’t know it then, but that was the first time I’d ever felt the spirit of the horse. Often I have felt that spirit in horses touch me, guide me and even ask me questions.
Anyone who ever sat with a horse alone in a barn, walked a trail among nature’s beauty with a horse, or hugged a horse’s neck while crying out tears of sad, happy or worry, has felt the spirit of the horse connect to their heart.
The road has not been an easy one for the noble horse. It seems each century brings with it a new set of demands, obligations and even suffering at the hands of their human partners. And yet the noble horse stands vigilant, ever at the ready to carry us, to heal us.
If we listen, our horses will teach us about patience, kindness and humbleness. They’ll introduce us to beauty, connection and responsibility.
Their spirit is calling us to understand there are things greater than money, fame and ourselves. ~ Gitty Up, Dutch. (EXCERPT from my book “It’s for the Horses” )
We’ve all known those horses
