Friday, January 10, 2014

A lesson on horseback

  The story of Red Cloud, from history....
 
When he was about six years old, his father gave him a spirited colt, and said to him: "My son, when you are able to sit quietly upon the back of this colt without saddle or bridle, I shall be glad, for the boy who can win a wild creature and learn to use it will as a man be able to win and rule men.
 
This is the gift that humans get when they learn to quiet themselves. Learning to listen, balance, honor and feel secure is the result. Using our beautiful horses to support the process of healing and recovery, well, it is brilliant! In the discovery of the wild creature within all of us and then the quieting of that animal in partnership with that human allows the working together in cooperation and respect to commence. Awesome in my life and in my work, thanking the world and it's options, every day.

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