{"id":269,"date":"2021-09-30T12:39:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2021-09-30T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:40:07","slug":"reflections-on-the-horse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on the Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What horses do for the soul is nothing short of miraculous. Whether you spend millions or get a hand me down from your neighbor, the horse changes your heart. To the horse, it\u00a0doesn\u2019t matter if you have a run in shed or a glamorous barn with fishbone pattern bricks lining the floors and lacquered black shiny metal bars gleaming in the sunlight. (Ok, I can dream.)<\/p>\n

The horse does something to us that is different from a dog or a cat and definitely different than a goat or a cow. They are majestic. They are brave. They are quirky and full of personality.<\/div>\n
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Like people, horses\u00a0have an ability to be kind and horses choose it more often than not. They give a calming energy to us and bring confidence and security.\u00a0 They are able to connect with humans on a level that heals the soul and settles anxiety.<\/div>\n
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Like best friends, they are there when we are sad and there when we are happy; seeing us through ups and downs. In working with them and riding them, we create a bond that is stronger than we understand. We learn to trust and we learn to forgive ourselves and others.<\/div>\n
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I had a horse that had a freak accident a year or two before Attie (chestnut horse pictured to the right) arrived at the farm.\u00a0<\/span>She was incredibly smart and talented. <\/span>It was a heart wrenching loss. Pictures of her still bring me to tears. At that point, I had decided I was done to opening my heart too deeply to another horse. I would love kisses from Magnum and snuggles with goofy horses but kept a distance. But when Attie arrived off the track due to an injury, I couldn’t help but fall for her. I never wanted a chestnut and always dreamed of a dark bay gelding, but for some reason, here I am again, in love with a chestnut mare.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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While I don’t get to ride like I would like to, I still love my quiet moments with “my girl.” She is gentle and warm. She is appreciative of small gestures and loves treats. She thinks I am her personal candy dispenser. She really needs bubble wrap because she is much like me in her lack of coordination at times but I still adore her. She taught me to recognize my desire to keep relationships at a distance. We can try to avoid sadness but then we would fail to experience the joy of life. We cannot have one without the other.<\/div>\n
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What horses do for the soul is nothing short of miraculous. Whether you spend millions or get a hand me down from your neighbor, the horse changes your heart. To the horse, it\u00a0doesn\u2019t matter if you have a run in shed or a glamorous barn with fishbone pattern bricks lining the floors and lacquered black […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farm-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carinsbeautifulworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}