Horsing Around

      

     I just got home from a working trip in Maine.  There were many, many hours of driving and many hours of work with horses, humans and hounds.  The hours on the road were simply beautiful.  The sun was beaming, the sky as blue as it could be, and the snow and mountains breath taking.  I was delighted to meet up with a client/friend that I haven't seen in years and work with her and her shaggy horse. From there I drove on to work with two small dogs that made us laugh and cry, and then an off the track Thoroughbred that was full of wisdom. That was day one. When I get home from these trips I am exhausted, relaxed and happy all at the same time.  For me, its all just horsing around.  I am having the time of my life.  

           In 1988 I was introduced to Joseph Campbell.  He was a writer who researched cultures around the world and worked on comparing the myths.  This man and his writings formed my life from then on.  One of his famous quotes is "Follow your Bliss"  This has been my mantra ever since.  When I am not following my bliss the same long drive that I recently completed would have been a painful hell and the clients frustrating.  I have learned to look at life as a game. Just like a game, this life has victories and defeats, aches and pains, planning and training, but most of all joy and laughter.  
            If what you are doing each day of your life doesn't give you a bit of joy, perhaps its time to look at what gave you joy as a child.  Campbell said that what you enjoyed as a child is what your life path should be. For me it was caring for animals and plants, reading and exercising.  If I keep all of these things in my daily life I am living the life of Bliss.  Sometimes, in order to remember what gives you joy, you may need to go out and Play.  Go out and Horse Around...find that spark of joy and do whatever you have to to hang on to it!

Horsing Around

Play time!

Enough of all this serious work.

When was the last time you

took a break, not to rest but to play?

Explore a new landscape or swim

in a distant lake – anything

that is not what you do every day.

Kick up your heels and race around

a bit, just for the fun of it.

The rewards will be a light heart,

a relaxed body and good memories.

Just horse around for a while!