Sometimes all you need is a bit of sunshine, warm ground, and a great place to rest your mind and body.
Coming back from a walk in our woods today the horses were enjoying the warm earth for the first time this season. I envied them being able to lay there in utter peace, no worries, no responsibilities, just to be.
Interestingly enough the two relaxing are my geldings (male horses). They are both so different in personality. My oldest one turned 25 last week. This is a “senior” horse now. He’s always been a loving animal, so full of pride and so gentle. He has a very hard time trusting people and things and after 14 years, it still warms my heart to see him be able to relax like this. The other one is a 16 year old who has the personality of an eight year old boy. Full of mischief, inquisitive, loving and carefree. He trusts his older brother with his life. He does not like to be far from him and knows he can lay next to his brother and not have a care in the world.
And yet while these two are having their moment of inner peace, there is my mare (female) horse standing to the side. She is an 18 year old gentle soul. She is brave and trusting and skimpy with showing her love for you. But it’s there and you can feel it even when she doesn’t show it.
Stopping and looking at them after my relaxing walk, it came to my mind that she is like me. I want to relax, I want to lay on the warm ground and not have a care in the world. I envy people who are able to do that. Shut off the world and just be. But that is not in my makeup.
And so like my mare, I will be content with where I’m at and accept who I am knowing I may never be able to “just be” and that’s ok.
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Tina!
What a beautiful, soulful, thoughtful post. It touched my heart and made me think. I so relate to what you wrote.
Thank you for it. Be kind to yourself.
Thank you for the kind words! Somehow I knew (from reading your book!!), you are like my mare too