ScottishJulia

This is my horse Valerie. I got back into horse ownership 3 years ago after a 17 year break. Out of all the horses I could (should) have chosen, I obviously decided to pick the most terrifying and challenging of all. A fiercely dramatic red head with the presence of an angry dragon. 

At the time I wondered if it was ego or alignment? Are animals sent to mirror back the parts of us that have yet to be healed and discovered?

Her purchase was amidst a personal life storm-something told me I needed to search for a part of myself that had been truly lost. Little did I know it would ultimately lead to me finding a whole new version. Far braver and far more clear in my bounadries.

Horses are deeply spiritual and energetic animals. They can sense your soul and are experts in communicating – if only we were consciously expanded enough to understand them better.

At a younger age I was clueless, it was more about the riding then that horse. Now I see life through a very different lens. My horse is the ultimate teacher and I simply observe in awe. She will tolerate a LOT.  We really don’t  deserve animals.

However- I have witnessed her time and time again simply leave (jump) from any situation that makes her feel trapped. She is very bold and unapologetic in her departures too.  I learned that each of us has a limit.

I think that maybe we need to move a little more like Valerie. 

When the going gets tough – the tough get going.

Julia xx