My Blog on Various Topics
What the World needs now: LOVE in measurable compassion
“PHYSICAL WOUNDS ARE HARD TO MISS, BUT EMOTIONAL WOUNDS ARE SELDOM VISIB LE. THIS IS WHY THEY MUST BE LOOKED AT AND ACKNOWLEDGED IF WE ARE EVER TO HEAL.”; Mark Nepo, Book of Awakening, 12/17. Mark Nepo gives us a key to the healing of humanity in these 2 sentences. Yes, emotional wounds may seem invisible, yet when a person is willing to look with love and compassion at another when they are
LOAVES AND FISHES, GREENS AND GRAINS OR GRATITUDE
It was a lovely morning, the day before Thanksgiving, 2013. I had prepared a large container of soaked timothy hay( greens) along with a large amount of grains for Harmony, my 14 year old thoroughbred mare. Though the temperature was just in the mid 30s, it did not feel cold at all because of the sun. The horses were pretty far out into their pasture( at least a 1/2 mile) and so my 2 Golden
Horses and PTSD
Mary, a 55 year old woman came to me to see if Equine Assisted Psychotherapy might be able to help her with the debilitating effects of PTSD ( Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). She was dealing with PTSD as a result of having lived through a childhood filled with abuse and neglect. Mary survived her childhood by becoming an over-achiever, always seeking new ways to heal the "hole in her soul" ( her words), that
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND OR WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEY ARE HEADING YOUR WAY
BLOG: YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND Recently, a loved one did something that was actually quite hurtful. What they did caused quite a bit of pain, shock, frustration and wounding. This person has done this before and yet I was still shocked and therefore experienced this as a small trauma. I found myself saying over and over again: I DON’T UNDERSTAND. I try to be mindful about my internal reaction to outer things. I
CHASING YOUR DREAM vs EMBODYING YOUR DREAM
CHASING YOUR DREAM vs EMOBODYING YOUR DREAM Recently Diana Nyad swam for over 54 hours swimming from Cuba to Florida through shark and jelly fish infested waters and she walked out of the water victorious! She fulfilled a dream that she said she has been chasing for 35 years. The world is looking at her with awe and wonder. How could a woman whom some said would never complete this at her
“The ONE you are seeking is YOU”.
Dear Friends, as we bid good bye to Summer and welcome Fall, I invite you to take 10 minutes today to identify three "gifts" that you received this Summer. The gifts to which I am referring may have been physical or tangible gifts or maybe they were more gifts of the heart, mind or spirit. These gifts may have been in one of these forms: Verbal: Did someone say something to you this Summer
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