Horses and Souls

“When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. ”
― William Shakespeare, Henry V  

This quote quite perfectly describes what I feel when I'm with horses.  I'm a friendly person, but I'd rather spend time watching and working horses than wandering around large crowds of humans.  Throughout the past several years, horses have gotten me through some tough times.  The horses themselves were sometimes tough, but it gave me something else to think about.  Something to put all my energy into, to concentrate on and wear myself out over.  When I'm on a horse, or working with a colt, my mind is blank.  My heart rate slows, my breathing calms, I lose all inhibitions, worry, stress and pain.  Its just me and them.  Horses have forever calmed my soul.  I don't know exactly what they feel, I can't talk to them.  But I can change their body to change their mind.  The moment when they drop their head, lick their lips and soften their eye always satisfies me.  Even if we don't accomplish anything else, I know for that period of time they let me see them.  For that moment I feel as though our souls connected.  So, tonight I thought I'd share some photos of the horses that are currently helping me to forget.

Friends

I'd like to start this post off with a little quote.  I can't remember it word for word, but this is how I recall it:  Friends are like leaves, found everywhere: True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare.  This saying has stuck with me my entire life.  I remember reading it time and time again off of a plate at my grandparents house.

I've had a lot of friends throughout my short life.  Some good, some bad, but I've learned something from them all.  They've all played a part in making me the person I am today.  Some I miss, some I wish I never met.  Some are gone, some are still apart of my life.

I'm loud.  I like to laugh, a lot.  I smile too big.  My friends?  They laugh at me.  And I make them loud too.  Overwhelming is occasionally mentioned.  I find myself occasionally being very attached to my friends.  The result, I end up acting like them.  Which is definitely not always a good thing.  Best friends are very important for girls.  But I've grown.  And I've realized that not every friend is best friend worthy.  Some friends are just 3 gallons of crazy!

Friends can be taxing, emotionally draining, hurtful, encouraging, supportive and exciting.  Some friends are a couple of these things, some are all of the above.  No matter what, they all played a major part in our lives at some time.  So even though we've said good bye to some, would like to forget some and some are still playing vital roles in our todays, we should all say Thank You.  Thank You for being my leaves and diamonds....



Xoxo Loves,

Me